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Etymology

From foreclose by analogy with closure, equivalent to fore- + closure.

Noun

foreclosure (countable and uncountable, plural foreclosures)

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

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