US /ɪˈvɪk.ʃən/
noun Freq #17583

Meanings

  1. 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

Etymology

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

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