Meanings
plural evictions
- countableuncountableThe act of evicting.
face eviction
4 more examples
order of eviction
threat of eviction
The family faced eviction after missing several payments.
Protesters resisted the eviction of squatters.
- countableuncountableThe state of being evicted.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounaction by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy); no physical expulsion or legal process is involved
nounthe expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinēvincō
- Late Latinēvictiō
- Middle Frenchéviction
- Englisheviction
Borrowed from Middle French éviction, from Late Latin ēvictiō, from Latin ēvincō.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic طَرْد
- طَرْد (ṭard)the act of evicting
Bulgarian изгонване, изселване
- изгонване (izgonvane)the act of evicting
- изселване (izselvane)the act of evicting
Catalan desallotjament, desnonament
- desallotjamentthe act of evicting
- desnonamentthe act of evicting
- eviccióthe act of evicting
Chinese Mandarin 驅逐 /驱逐, 赶出
- 驅逐 /驱逐 (qūzhú)the act of evicting
- 赶出 (gǎnchū)the act of evicting
Czech vystěhování
- vystěhováníthe act of evicting
Danish udsættelse
- udsættelsethe act of evicting
Dutch uitwijzing
- uitwijzingthe act of evicting
Esperanto eldomigo
- eldomigothe act of evicting
Finnish häätö
- häätöthe act of evicting
French expulsion, éviction
- expulsionthe act of evicting
- évictionthe act of evicting
German Ausweisung, Exmission
- Ausweisungthe act of evicting
- Exmissionthe act of evicting
- Vertreibungthe act of evicting
- Zwangsräumungthe act of evicting
Greek έξωση
- έξωση (éxosi)the act of evicting
Hungarian kilakoltatás
- kilakoltatásthe act of evicting
Italian espulsione, sfratto
- espulsionethe act of evicting
- sfrattothe act of evicting
Japanese 立ち退き, 立ち退かせること
- 立ち退き (tachinoki)the act of evicting
- 立ち退かせること (Tachinokaserukoto)the act of evicting
Latin dēiectiō
- dēiectiōthe act of evicting
Māori tutenga, peinga
- tutengathe act of evicting
- peingathe act of evicting
Norwegian Bokmål utkastelse
- utkastelsethe act of evicting
Polish ewikcja, eksmisja
- ewikcjathe act of evicting
- eksmisjathe act of evicting
Portuguese despejo
- despejothe act of evicting
Romanian evulsiune
- evulsiunethe act of evicting
Russian выселе́ние, изгна́ние
- выселе́ние (vyselénije)the act of evicting
- изгна́ние (izgnánije)the act of evicting
- лише́ние со́бственности (lišénije sóbstvennosti)the act of evicting
Spanish desalojo, desahucio
- desalojothe act of evicting
- desahuciothe act of evicting
Swedish vräkning, avhysning
- vräkningthe act of evicting
- avhysningthe act of evicting
Turkish tahliye
- tahliyethe act of evicting
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with eviction
Cite this entry
eviction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eviction
“eviction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eviction. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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