discommission

verb

discommission

verb

Etymology From dis- + commission.

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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