Meaning of disempower | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To strip power from (someone or some group), as:
2. To remove morale or self-confidence from (someone or some group) to do something.
3. To remove authority or (official) confidence from (someone or some group) to do something (such as administer a state function), as by demoting, disestablishing, or unincorporating a group.

Examples

“A powerful head can sometimes disempower the teaching staff, and create⟳ among them a sort⟳ of passivity that is close⟳ to inertia.”

“The reformation disempowered the established church and thus roiled the aristocracy.”

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