eviction
noun/ɪˈvɪk.ʃən/
Etymology Borrowed from Middle French éviction, from Late Latin ēvictiō, from Latin ēvincō.
1
The act of evicting.
- order of eviction
- face eviction
3 more examples
- threat of eviction
- The family faced eviction after missing several payments.
- Protesters resisted the eviction of squatters.
2
The state of being evicted.
- Antonyms
- antieviction, noneviction
- Derived terms
- evictionism, evictionist
- Hyponyms
- constructive eviction, renoviction