eviction

see definition of eviction

nounthrowing out of a residence

Synonyms for eviction

noun throwing out of a residence

Antonyms for eviction

deportation

noun. banishment

ejection

noun. expulsion

ejectment

noun. ejection

exclusion

noun. expulsion; forbiddance

Word Origin & History

mid-15c., from Middle French éviction, from Latin evictionem (nominative evictio) "recovery of one's property," noun of action from past participle stem of evincere (see evict).

Example Sentences for eviction

"It's not exactly a funeral, but an eviction," remarked Owen again.

It was he who decided who got eviction notices and who could become tenants.

Such an eviction from house and home might bring death yet nearer.

The family at Shoulthwaite Moss had been threatened with eviction.

At the eviction a man had funked, frightened out of his seven senses.

First suffering, then mortgage, then foreclosure and eviction, he prophesied.

He prevents his victims from signing this petition by threats of eviction.

He ran behind two quarters on his rent, and was threatened with eviction.

In the case of the peasants, eviction is not only expensive but useless.

And thats what you could hardly expect, unless it might be for an eviction on one of the islands.