Word: dechallenging
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: de
cha
llen
ging
Definition: Present participle of dechallenge. To stop administering a drug to a patient, to see whether its suspected effects cease to occur.
Morphemes:
Affix: de-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: reversal, undoing, removing
Etymology Compounds: Affix: dē-
Language: la
Decoded: de-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: de-
Affix: challenge
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The act of a sentry in halting a person and demanding the countersign, or (by extension) the action of a computer system demanding a password, etc.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: calumnia
Language: la
Decoded: calumnia
Meaning: a false accusation, calumny
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form present participles of verbs.