Antonyms for usurpation
ˌyu sərˈpeɪ ʃən, -zər-usurpa·tion

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1. • Capture
   • Wrongdoing

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1. trespass, encroachment, violation, intrusion, usurpationnoun

   entry to another's property without right or permission

   Synonyms:
   infringement, violation, misdemeanor, irreverence, ravishment, assault, infraction, trespass, intrusion, invasion, misdemeanour, rape, encroachment, impact, impingement

2. usurpationnoun

   wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority)

   "a succession of generals who ruled by usurpation"

   Synonyms:
   violation, encroachment, intrusion, trespass

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1. usurpationnoun

   Synonyms:
   arrogation, seizure, appropriation

How to use usurpation in a sentence?

1. Antonin Artaud:

   There are souls that are incurable and lost to the rest of society. Deprive them of one means of folly, they will invent ten thousand others. They will create subtler, wilder methods, methods that are absolutely DESPERATE. Nature herself is fundamentally antisocial, it is only by a usurpation of powers that the organized body of society opposes the natural inclination of humanity.

2. Juan Guaido:

   This is the first step toward ending usurpation.

3. Francisco Marquez:

   We're willing to, at this moment, negotiate at an exit, for Maduro and regime officials, it will always be our job as an administration and a challenge to balance both the justice and the need for a transition right now. And that's a challenge, I have to be very upfront about that. But what's our priority right now ? To see the usurpation of power.

4. United States:

   We've come here to present a very clear agenda internationally, we want to end the usurpation of power of Nicolas Maduro, set a transitional government and call for free and transparent elections as soon as possible.

5. Thomas Paine:

   A constitution is not the act of a government, but of a people constituting a government; and government without a constitution is power without a right. All power exercised over a nation, must have some beginning. It must be either delegated, or assumed. There are not other sources. All delegated power is trust, and all assumed power is usurpation. Time does not alter the nature and quality of either.

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