'Repossession' definitions:
Definition of 'repossession'
(from WordNet)
noun
The action of regaining possession (especially the seizure of collateral securing a loan that is in default)
Definition of 'Repossession'
From: GCIDE
- Repossession \Re`pos*ses"sion\ (r?`p?z-z?sh"?n or -p?s s?sh"?n), n. The act or the state of possessing again. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'repossession'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- disendowment,
- disherison,
- disinheritance,
- disownment,
- dispossession,
- disseisin,
- eviction,
- expropriation,
- foreclosure,
- ransom,
- recapture,
- reclaiming,
- reclamation,
- recoup,
- recoupment,
- recovery,
- recuperation,
- redemption,
- regainment,
- reoccupation,
- replevin,
- replevy,
- repossessing,
- restoration,
- resumption,
- retake,
- retaking,
- retrieval,
- retrieve,
- revindication,
- revival,
- salvage,
- trover