deaccessioning

Verb

deaccession (third-person singular simple present deaccessions, present participle deaccessioning, simple past and past participle deaccessioned)

1. To officially remove an object from a ledger of a museum, art gallery or library so that it may be sold or disposed.
   • Perhaps he forgets that museums, too, have basements full of stored art, and not every piece is equally adored. The temptation must be great to “deaccession” some of it, and museums often do succumb.2000 December, Jeanne Schinto, “Obscure Objects of Lapsed Desire”, in The Atlantic

   Synonyms:

   deacquisition

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