possession

possession
n
1. ownership, proprietorship, title, vested interest, possessorship, possessoriness, demesne, Law. domain, Archaic. aught; tenure, holding, hold, retention; occupancy, occupation, tenancy, residence, residency, inhabitance, inhabitation, habitation, habitancy, Law. commorancy; custody, keeping, care, guardianship, protection.
2. possessions
belongings, holdings, effects, personal effects, chattels; paraphernalia, accouterments, appointments, appurtenances, appendages, accessories, trappings, Inf. things, Sl. stuff, Sl. junk; goods, movables, baggage, luggage, furniture; fixtures, machinery, inventories, stock, Commerce. good will; property, properties, estate, appanage, freehold, real property or estate, land, realm, Law. personalty, Law. choses; inheritance, legacy, heritge, patrimony, Law. hereditament, Law. reversion; dowry, dower, dot, Law. jointure; wealth, worth, all one's worldly goods, assets, resources, riches, fortune, money, capital, wherewithal, Disparaging. pelf.

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