1. The act of having and controlling property
   "Their possession of the rare artifact made them the envy of collectors worldwide";
   - ownership
    
2. Anything owned or possessed
   "The antique vase was her most prized possession"
    
3. A territory that is controlled by a ruling state
   "Guam is an unincorporated possession of the United States"
    
4. (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck)
   "they took possession of the ball on their own goal line"
    
5. The trait of resolutely controlling one's own behaviour
   "an imperturbable self-possession";
   - self-control, self-possession, willpower, will power, self-command, self-will
    
6. Being controlled by passion or the supernatural
   "His possession by jealousy led to irrational behaviour"
    
7. A mania restricted to one thing or idea
   "His possession with collecting stamps dominated his life";
   - monomania
    
8. (law) actual holding or occupancy with or without rightful ownership
   "The squatters claimed possession of the abandoned building"

Derived forms: possessions

Type of: cacoethes, control, district, dominion, enchantment, firmness, firmness of purpose, mania, passion, relation, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, spell, territorial dominion, territory, trance

Encyclopedia: Possession, Demonical