Word: deaccession
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: de
ac
ces
sion
Definition: To officially remove an object from a museum, art gallery or library so that it may be sold.
Morphemes:
Affix: de-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: reversal, undoing, removing
Etymology Compounds: Affix: dē-
Language: la
Decoded: de-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: de-
Affix: accede
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To come to an office, state or dignity; to attain, assume (a position).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ad
Language: la
Decoded: ad
Meaning: to, toward, at
Affix: cēdō
Language: la
Decoded: cedo
Meaning: move, yield
Affix: -sion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Variant of -tion, most common in words inherited directly from Latin with an accusative singular ending in -sionem.