Thesaurus: possession

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1. n. The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.
2. n. The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful.
3. n. The thing possessed; that which any one occupies, owns, or controls; in the plural, property in the aggregate; wealth; dominion; as, foreign possessions.
4. n. The state of being possessed or controlled, as by an evil spirit, or violent passions; madness; frenzy; as, demoniacal possession.
5. v. t. To invest with property.
6. n. the act of having and controlling property
7. n. anything owned or possessed
8. n. being controlled by passion or the supernatural
9. n. a mania restricted to one thing or idea
10. n. a territory that is controlled by a ruling state
11. n. the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior
12. n. (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck)