possession
A control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.
Other meanings
Something that is owned.
“The car quickly became his most prized possession.”
An ownership; a taking, a holding, keeping something as one's own.
“The car is in my possession.”
Synonyms
- ownership
Related words
- dispossession
- nonpossession
- possessionistic
- prepossession
- repossession
- adverse possession
- catch in possession
- debtor in possession
- hostile possession
- possessional
- possession arrow
- possessionary
Word history
From Latin "possessio" (possessiō, possessiōnis).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “possession” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.