<p><strong>verb</strong></p><ul><li>To regain ownership of; to take back, especially for failure to make due payment: "After the first few payments, the buyer defaulted on the contract, and we were forced to repossess the piano."</li><li>To give (someone) ownership of something again; restore something to (used with of): "In 1814, a coalition of European powers defeated Napoleon and repossessed the ousted Bourbons of their throne."</li></ul>