" dispossessions "

1: as in deprivations, privations;

•  Synonyms : 

•  deprivations,

•  privations,

•  losses,

•  misplacements,

•  forfeits,

•  forfeitures,

•  penalties,

•  sacrifices,

•  bereavements,

•  absences,

•  lacks,

•  needs,

•  wants

•  Antonyms : 

•  acquisitions,

•  gains,

•  controls,

•  hands,

•  possessions

2: as in ousters, ejections;

•  Synonyms : 

•  ejections,

•  ousters,

•  relocations,

•  resettlements,

•  extraditions,

•  banishments,

•  deportations,

•  displacements,

•  exiles,

•  expatriations,

•  expulsions,

•  ostracisms,

•  relegations,

•  evacuations,

•  exoduses,

•  emigrations,

•  migrations,

•  decampments,

•  departures,

•  exits,

•  farewells,

•  goings,

•  leaves,

•  leave-takings,

•  outgoes,

•  partings,

•  flights,

•  retirements,

•  retreats,

•  withdrawals,

•  diasporas,

•  dispersions,

•  scatterings,

•  embarkations,

•  embarkments

•  Antonyms : 

•  repatriations,

•  returns,

•  comings,

•  approaches,

•  entrances,

•  ingresses

1: to end the occupancy or possession of;

  * e.g., " ... opponents of gentrification claim that the process unfairly dispossesses poorer residents of their long-established homes "

•  Synonyms : 

•  divest,

•  expropriate,

•  oust

•  Antonyms : 

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