habitation
[noun]
Synonyms:
- dwelling, abode, domicile, home, house, living quarters, lodging, quarters, residence
- occupancy, inhabitance, occupation, tenancy

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Related Idioms: roof over one's head, where one hangs one's hat
Related Words: colonization, domiciliation, peopling, sojourning, apartment, flat, tenement, housing, lodging, lodgment, quarters, haunt, haven, homeplace, homestead, place, seat, digs, nest, nook, pad, roost, astre, fireside, hearth, hearthside, hearthstone, roof, rooftree

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hab‧i‧ta‧tion /ˌhæbəˈteɪʃən, ˌhæbɪˈteɪʃən/ noun formal
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin, from habitare 'to live in a place', from habere; ⇒ habit]

1. unfit for human habitation a building that is unfit for human habitation is not safe or healthy for people to live in

2. [uncountable] the act of living in a place:
There was no sign of habitation as far as the eye could see.

3. [countable] a house or place to live in

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