Discommission

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To deprive of a commission or trust. transitive

    "1659, John Milton, letter to a friend concerning the ruptures of the Commonwealth discommissioning nine great officers in the army"

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"1659, John Milton, letter to a friend concerning the ruptures of the Commonwealth discommissioning nine great officers in the army"

Etymology

From dis- + commission.

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