| Dispossession 1. (n.) The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed. 2. (n.) The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title; -- called also ouster. Thesaurus Entries bereavement, cost, damage, dead loss, debit, denial, denudation, deprivation, deprivement, despoilment, destruction, detriment, disendowment, disherison, disinheritance, dislodgment, disownment, disseisin, divestment, eviction, expense, expropriation, foreclosure, forfeit, forfeiture, injury, loser, losing, losing streak, loss, ouster, ousting, perdition, privation, reclaiming, repossessing, repossession, robbery, ruin, sacrifice, spoliation, stripping, taking away, total loss |