disendow
Revoke financial support
To disendow is to strip an institution of its endowment—the funds or property that support it.
The word appears most often in historical discussions of church property: Parliament moved to disendow the established church.
The act severs the financial foundation that sustains an organization.
Formally cancel or withdraw
- annulDeclare legally void
- repealAnnul a statute
- abolishOfficially end a practice
- abrogateFormally abolish or annul
nullify · disestablish · secularize · defund · withdraw · cancel · invalidate · retract
Remove financial support
- divestRid of assets
- stripNarrow elongated piece
- depriveTo withhold or remove
- expropriateSeize for state use
disinherit · bereave · disenfranchise · impoverish · denude · deplete · forfeit · relinquish
Withdrawal of official status
- secularizationReligion losing social significance
- churchPlace of Christian worship
- beneficeEndowed clerical position
- titheTenth for clergy
clergy · parish · diocese · ecclesiastical · religious · institutional · chapel · monastery
rescind
Formally cancel or withdraw
abrogate · nullify · disestablish · secularize · defund · withdraw · cancel · invalidate · retract · overturn
defund
Remove financial support
expropriate · disinherit · bereave · disenfranchise · impoverish · denude · deplete · forfeit · relinquish · surrender
disestablishment
Withdrawal of official status
- secularizationReligion losing social significance
- churchPlace of Christian worship
- beneficeEndowed clerical position
tithe · clergy · parish · diocese · ecclesiastical · religious · institutional · chapel · monastery · convent