discommission

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verb

To deprive of a commission or trust.

“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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Meanings

verbdiscommission (third-person singular simple present discommissions, present participle discommissioning, simple past and past participle discommissioned)

present singular third person discommissions · participle present discommissioning · participle past discommissioned · past discommissioned

  1. transitiveTo 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

    1 more example

    a. 1645, William Laud, autobiography I shall take that for proof enough, and proceed to discommission your printer, and suppress his press

Origin

From dis- + commission.

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discommission. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discommission

MLA

“discommission.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discommission. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “discommission,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discommission.

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