Meaning of Dispossession | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of dispossessing someone of something.
   countable, uncountable
2. The casting out of an evil spirit that has possessed someone; exorcism.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“At times, the assimilationist paradigm has facilitated the physical dispossession of Native lands and the suppression or eradication of Native institutions, culture, and identity by the political branches of the federal government.”

“There had been a series of such dispossessions since the beginning of Elizabeth's reign involving many clergy, particularly those of vehement Protestant sympathies.”

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