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PROFANITY:

POSSESSION Antonyms

9 antonyms for possession. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For POSSESSION

WordSaveSyns..UsageType
abandonment

noun

n

noun

• the act of giving something up

• withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility

• the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away

dispossession

noun

n

noun

• the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law

• freeing from evil spirits

forfeiture

noun

n

noun

• something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty

• a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something

• the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.

loss

noun

n

noun

• something that is lost

• gradual decline in amount or activity

• the act of losing someone or something

• the disadvantage that results from losing something

• the experience of losing a loved one

• the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue

• military personnel lost by death or capture

• euphemistic expressions for death

release

verb, noun

v, n

noun

• merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film)

• the act of liberating someone or something

• a process that liberates or discharges something

• an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation

• the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

• euphemistic expressions for death

• a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation

• a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism

• activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion

• the act of allowing a fluid to escape

• a formal written statement of relinquishment

• (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone

verb

• release, as from one's grip

• grant freedom to; free from confinement

• let (something) fall or spill from a container

• prepare and issue for public distribution or sale

• eliminate (a substance)

• generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids

• make (information) available for publication

• part with a possession or right

• release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition

• make (assets) available

relinquishment

noun

n

noun

• a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc.

• the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.

surrender

verb, noun

v, n

noun

• acceptance of despair

• a verbal act of admitting defeat

• the delivery of a principal into lawful custody

• the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)

verb

• give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another

• relinquish possession or control over

divestment

verb, noun, adjective

v, n, adj

noun

• The sale or other disposal of some kind of asset.

absence

noun

n

noun

• the state of being absent

• failure to be present

• the time interval during which something or somebody is away

• the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy

Alternatives for ABANDONMENT

Words (18)

Alternatives for DISPOSSESSION

Words (8)
Phrases (1)

Alternatives for FORFEITURE

Words (7)

Alternatives for LOSS

Words (8)
Phrases (1)

Alternatives for RELEASE

Words (38)
Phrases (7)

Alternatives for RELINQUISHMENT

Words (10)

Alternatives for SURRENDER

Words (7)
Phrases (3)

Alternatives for DIVESTMENT

Words (1)