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deaccession in American English (ˌdiækˈseʃən) transitive verb1. to sell (a work of art) from a museum's or gallery's collections, esp. with a view to acquiring funds for the purchase of other works intransitive verb2. to deaccession a work of art from a museum's or gallery's collections noun3. a deaccessioned work of art Also: de-accessionWord origin [1970–75; de- + accession]Examples of 'deaccession' in a sentencedeaccession Deaccessioning, as they call it, is strictly controlled.When, in the 1950s and 60s, even more money began to be needed, it started to 'deaccession' its assets. |