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discommission

verb

Etymology

From dis- + commission.

  1. derived from commissiō — “sending together; commission”
  2. derived from commission
  3. inherited from commissioun
  4. prefixed as discommission — “dis + commission”

Definitions

  1. To deprive of a commission or trust.

    • 1659, John Milton, letter to a friend concerning the ruptures of the Commonwealth discommissioning nine great officers in the army
    • a. 1645, William Laud, autobiography I shall take that for proof enough, and proceed to discommission your printer, and suppress his press

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