eviction

C2 Topic:Law & Government

US /ɪˈvɪk.ʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #17583

Meanings

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noun
the expulsion of someone, such as a tenant, from the possession of land by process of law

They faced eviction for not paying rent.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the expulsion of someone,... dispossessionlegal ouster

More expulsion

Opposites

antievictionnoneviction

Word family

Forms evictions

Derived forms evictionismevictionist

Related forms evict evince

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Phrases (1)

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actual eviction
the physical removal of a tenant from rented property

Adjective + noun

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French éviction, from Late Latin ēvictiō, from Latin ēvincō.

*weyk- Proto-Indo-European éviction Middle French ēvictiō la-lat ēvincō Latin

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Topics

Law & Government Word Formation & Derivatives

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