possession

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Noun possession has 7 senses

possession, ownership - the act of having and controlling property
--₁ is a kind of control
--₁ has particulars:
actual possession; constructive possession; criminal possession; retention, keeping, holding

Derived form: verb possess₂
possession - anything owned or possessed
--₂ has particulars:
property, belongings, holding, material possession; white elephant; transferred property, transferred possession; circumstances; assets; treasure; liabilities
possession - being controlled by passion or the supernatural
--₃ is a kind of enchantment, spell, trance
monomania, possession - a mania restricted to one thing or idea
--₄ is a kind of mania, passion, cacoethes

possession - a territory that is controllled by a ruling state
--₅ is a kind of district, territory, territorial dominion, dominion
--₅ has particulars:

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

self-control, self-possession, possession, willpower, self-command, self-will - the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior
--₆ is a kind of resoluteness, firmness, resolve, resolution
--₆ has particulars: nerves; presence of mind
possession - (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck); "they took possession of the ball on their own goal line"
--₇ is a kind of control