deacquisition

plural deacquisitions

1. countableuncountableDeselection, weeding, getting rid of things previously acquired; often, selling them off.

   Although the Board of Regents already has rules governing deacquisition by the cultural institutions it oversees, “these regulations go further,” James C. Dawson, chairman of the Regents’ cultural education committee, said.

   2009 June 23, Robin Pogrebin, “Institutions Try to Slow Bill to Curb Sales of Art”, in New York Times

   Antonyms: acquisition

present singular third person deacquisitions · participle present deacquisitioning · participle past deacquisitioned · past deacquisitioned

1. Synonym of deaccession.

   Synonyms: deaccession