The act of making something clean; SYN. cleansing, cleanup.
Commerce, official statement that dues have been paid, and permit to sail or move goods. clearance inward, clearance to vessel in port having discharged cargo. clearance outward, clearance to vessel about to sail.
1. Permission to proceed
2. The distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them.
ETYM Latin evacuatio: cf. French évacuation.
Removal of civilian inhabitants from an area liable to aerial bombing or other hazards (such as the aftermath of an environmental disaster) to safer surroundings. The term is also applied to military evacuation, as occurred for example when Allied troops were evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk in 1940. People who have been evacuated are known as evacuees.
The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; esp. for protection.
ETYM Latin evictio: cf. French éviction.
1. Action by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy); no physical expulsion or legal process is involved; SYN. constructive eviction.
2. The expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from land by process of law; SYN. dispossession, legal ouster.