eviction C2 Topic:Law & Government US /ɪˈvɪk.ʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #17583 Meanings 1 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. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the expulsion of someone,... dispossessionlegal ouster More expulsion ↔ Opposites antievictionnoneviction Word family Forms evictions Derived forms evictionismevictionist Related forms evictevince Common collocations actual eviction 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 View etymology graph -> Topics Law & Government Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # eviction **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɪˈvɪk.ʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 17583 ## Meanings 1. the expulsion of someone, such as a tenant, from the possession of land by process of law ## Examples - They faced eviction for not paying rent. ## Synonyms - dispossession - legal ouster - expulsion ## Antonyms - antieviction - noneviction ## Derived Forms - evictionism - evictionist ## Related Forms - evict - evince ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *weyk- - Root: éviction - Root: ēvictiō - Root: ēvincō ## Etymology Borrowed from Middle French éviction, from Late Latin ēvictiō, from Latin ēvincō. ## Topics - Law & Government - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown