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noun

    The condition of being deprived of what one once had or ought to have: deprival, deprivation, divestiture, loss, privation. See give/take/reciprocity, rich/poor.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law
  Synonyms: eviction, legal ouster

Meaning #2: freeing from evil spirits
  Synonym: exorcism

 
 
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