Discommission
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Discommission is a verb meaning (transitive) To deprive of a commission or trust.
Meaning
(transitive) To deprive of a commission or trust.
Example Sentences
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
Word Forms
- discommissions
- discommissioning
- discommissioned
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include decommission, dispatch, recommission, disfranchise, disauthorize, decommit.
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