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Meaning of discommission | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To deprive of a commission or trust.

transitive

Examples

“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”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

discommissioned discommissioning discommissions discommodate discommodated discommodates