Eviction — synonyms, definition

1. eviction (Noun)

constructive eviction dispossession legal ouster

eviction (Noun) — (law) 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.

eviction (Noun) — (law) the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law.

coercion compulsion due process due process of law actual eviction ouster retaliatory eviction