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forclosure

forclosure is the alternative form of foreclosure.

Meaning of foreclosure

Noun

foreclosure (countable and uncountable, plural foreclosures)

  1. The proceeding, by a creditor, to regain property or other collateral following a default on mortgage payments.
  2. The absence of a symbolic father for a fatherless child, as a cause for psychosis.

Forms of forclosure

pluralforclosures

Questions about forclosure

What is forclosure the alternative form of?
Forclosure is the alternative form of foreclosure.

Words near forclosure in the dictionary

  1. forcleave
  2. forclose
  3. forclosed
  4. forcloses
  5. forclosing
  6. forclosure
  7. forclosures
  8. forcover
  9. forcovered
  10. forcovering
  11. forcovers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forclosure (page history and authors); foreclosure (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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