possession
noun
[ pəˈzɛʃ(ə)n ]
• the state of having, owning, or controlling something.
• "she had taken possession of the sofa"
Similar:
ownership,
proprietorship,
control,
hands,
keeping,
care,
custody,
charge,
hold,
title,
guardianship,
seize,
appropriate,
impound,
expropriate,
sequestrate,
sequester,
confiscate,
take,
get,
acquire,
obtain,
secure,
procure,
possess oneself of,
get hold of,
get one's hands on,
help oneself to,
occupy,
conquer,
capture,
commandeer,
requisition,
distrain,
attach,
disseize,
poind,
get one's mitts on,
• something that is owned or possessed.
• "I had no money or possessions"
Similar:
asset,
thing,
article,
item owned,
chattel,
belongings,
things,
property,
worldly goods,
goods,
personal effects,
effects,
stuff,
assets,
accoutrements,
paraphernalia,
impedimenta,
bits and pieces,
luggage,
baggage,
bags and baggage,
chattels,
movables,
valuables,
goods and chattels,
gear,
junk,
traps,
clobber,
trek,
dunnage,
shit,
crap,
• the state of being controlled by a demon or spirit.
• "they said prayers to protect the people inside the hall from demonic possession"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, from Latin possessio(n- ), from the verb possidere (see possess).
