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noun
The process of rendering something inactive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: deactivation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking
noun
the process of rendering inactive
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: activation
Broader terms: natural process, natural action, action, activity
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h2eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h2éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvus Latin ināctīvuslbor. French inactifder. English inactive Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English inactivation From in- + activation or inactive + -ation.
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
