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Eviction Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Eviction has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

action by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy); no physical expulsion or legal process is involved

"The landlord sent out eviction notices by painting over the windows and cutting off the water, effectively making the apartment uninhabitable without ever calling the police."

2

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

"After failing to pay rent for three months, the landlord filed an eviction notice to legally remove them from the apartment."

3

The act of evicting.

"The landlord served an eviction notice after the tenant stopped paying rent for three months."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
compulsion due process
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
ouster actual eviction retaliatory eviction
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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