| Foreclosure (n.) The act or process of foreclosing; a proceeding which bars or extinguishes a mortgager's right of redeeming a mortgaged estate. Thesaurus Entries arrestation, debarment, determent, deterrence, discouragement, disendowment, disherison, disinheritance, disownment, dispossession, disseisin, estoppel, eviction, expropriation, forbiddance, forestalling, halt, obviation, preclusion, prevention, prohibition, reclaiming, repossessing, repossession, stay, stop, stoppage, stopping |