ownership Definition

own
adj

1. Often used for emphasis: belonging to or for oneself or itself.

Example: my own sister
Thesaurus: personal, individual, particular, private, idiosyncratic.

pronoun

1. One belonging (or something belonging) to oneself or itself.

Example: lost his own, so I lent him mine

verb owned, owning

1. To have something as a possession or property.

Thesaurus: possess, have, hold, keep, enjoy, retain.
intr
2. To admit or confess to it.

Example: owned to many weaknesses
Form: own to something (usually)
3. rare
To concede or acknowledge.
Thesaurus: concede, acknowledge, admit, allow, grant, confess, recognize.

Derivative: owner
noun

Someone who has something as a possession or property
Thesaurus: possessor, proprietor, master, mistress, keeper, purchaser.

Derivative: ownership
noun

The right to own a possession or property; the state of being an owner
Thesaurus: possession, claim, holding, title, deed; tenure, occupancy, dominion.

Idiom: come into one's own

To take possession of one's rights or what is due to one.

To have one's abilities or talents, etc duly recognized, or to realize one's potential.

Idiom: get one's own back on someone

colloq
To get even with them; to have one's revenge.

Idiom: hold one's own

To maintain one's position, especially in spite of difficulty or opposition, etc; not to be defeated.

Idiom: on one's own

Alone; by oneself.
Thesaurus: independent, autonomous, self-sufficient, self-supporting.

Without help.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon agen, past participle of agan to possess.

Phrasal Verb: own up or own up to something

To confess; to admit a wrongdoing, etc.