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POSSESSION

Definition:

1. [noun] the act of having and controlling property
   Synonyms: ownership
   
   
2. [noun] anything owned or possessed
   
   
3. [noun] being controlled by passion or the supernatural
   
   
4. [noun] a mania restricted to one thing or idea
   Synonyms: monomania
   
   
5. [noun] a territory that is controllled by a ruling state
   
   
6. [noun] the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior
   Synonyms: self-control, self-willpower, self-command, self-will
   
   
7. [noun] (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck); "they took possession of the ball on their own goal line"
   
   

Synonyms:

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Related Words:

• actual possession
• constructive possession
• criminal possession
• retention, keeping, holding
• property, belongings, holding, material possession
• white elephant
• transferred property, transferred possession
• circumstances
• assets
• treasure
• liabilities
• Macao, Macau
• British Virgin Islands
• United States Virgin Islands, American Virgin Islands, VI
• Gilbert and Ellice Islands
• Faroe Islands, Faeroe Islands, Faroes, Faeroes
• French Polynesia, French Oceania
• nerves
• presence of mind

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