disbars
Strips legal credentials
Disbars is the third-person singular form of disbar, meaning to expel a lawyer from the legal profession, revoking their license to practice law.
Disbarment typically follows serious ethical violations or criminal conduct: The state disbars attorneys who misappropriate client funds.
The bar in question is the legal profession itself—to be admitted to the bar is to become a lawyer; to be disbarred is to lose that standing.
Official cancellation of privilege
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
- licenseFormal grant of permission
- malpracticeHarmful professional negligence
- misconductImproper professional behavior
ethics · tribunal · court · judiciary · sanction · grievance · censure · admission
Loss of honor
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- dishonorLoss of respect
- stigmaMark of dishonor
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
discredit · infamy · disrepute · tarnish · humiliation · degradation · punishment · penalty
Forced permanent removal
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- ousterForced removal from position
- disqualificationRemoval from eligibility
- ejectmentLawsuit to recover property
stripping · defrocking · unseating · deposing · dismissal · termination · removal · delicensing
revocation
Official cancellation of privilege
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
- licenseFormal grant of permission
- malpracticeHarmful professional negligence
misconduct · ethics · tribunal · court · judiciary · sanction · grievance · censure · admission · practice
disgrace
Loss of honor
scandal · discredit · infamy · disrepute · tarnish · humiliation · degradation · punishment · penalty · sanction
expulsion
Forced permanent removal
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- ousterForced removal from position
- disqualificationRemoval from eligibility
ejectment · stripping · defrocking · unseating · deposing · dismissal · termination · removal · delicensing
excludes
Deliberately leaves out
restricts · denies · disallows · bans · proscribes · prohibits · interdicts · precludes · debars · enjoins
disbarslicenses
Official permissions to act
reinstates · readmits · certifies · authorizes · accredits
disbarshonors
Recognition for achievement
elevates · commends · recognizes · celebrates · vindicates