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dispossession

dis·pos·ses·sion

UK/dɪspəˈzɛʃn̩/ uncommon

noun

1.

the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law

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2.

freeing from evil spirits

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From dis- + possession.

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