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Meaning of possession

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

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

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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