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Repossess

To reclaim ownership of property for which payment remains due.

📖 Definitions of "Repossess"

verb

1
To reclaim ownership of property for which payment remains due.
2
To gain back possession of.
"to repossess oneself of something lost"

🔄 Synonyms of "Repossess"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
reclaimverb	(transitive) To return land to a suitable condition for use.
take backverb	(transitive) To retract or withdraw (an earlier statement).

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Repossess"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
reclaimverb	(transitive) To return land to a suitable condition for use.
take backverb	(transitive) To retract or withdraw (an earlier statement).
possessverb	(transitive) To have (something) as, or as if as, an owner; to have, to own.
recoupverb	(transitive, intransitive) To make back (an investment or similar).
resumeverb	(transitive) To start (something) again that has been stopped or paused from the point at which it was stopped or paused; continue, carry on.
recoververb	(transitive) To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).
regainverb	(transitive) To get back; to recover possession of.
retrieveverb	(transitive) To regain or get back something.
restoreverb	(transitive) To reestablish, or bring back into existence.
recuperateverb	(intransitive) To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness or from exhaustion (or sometimes from a financial loss, etc).
replevynoun	replevin
claimnoun	A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.
resultnoun	That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect.
callnoun	A cry or shout.
repeatverb	(transitive) To do or say again (and again).
impoundnoun	A place in which impounded things are stored.
distressnoun	Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.
adversely possessverb	(transitive, law) To take ownership of (property) through the doctrine of adverse possession.
rentnoun	A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property.
fall dueverb	(of a debt, loan, rent, etc.) To reach its due date for payment, or repayment.