Definition of eviction

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • eviction is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 13
  • eviction is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 13
  • eviction is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 16

Definition of eviction


  • action 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 (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. constructive eviction
  • the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. dispossession
    2. legal ouster

See definition of eviction in Merriam Webster