foreclosure

== English == === Etymology === From foreclose by analogy with closure, equivalent to fore- +‎ closure. === Noun === foreclosure (countable and uncountable, plural foreclosures) (law) The proceeding, by a creditor, to regain property or other collateral following a default on mortgage payments. (psychoanalysis) The absence of a symbolic father for a fatherless child, as a cause for psychosis. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== foreclose distraint ==== Translations ====