Word Meanings - DISESTABLISHMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act or process of unsettling or breaking up that which has been established; specifically, the withdrawal of the support of the state from an established church; as, the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church by

Additional info about word: DISESTABLISHMENT

1. The act or process of unsettling or breaking up that which has been established; specifically, the withdrawal of the support of the state from an established church; as, the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church by Act of Parliament. 2. The condition of being disestablished.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DISESTABLISHMENT)

• Abrogation
• Abolition
• repeal
• discontinuance
• disestablishment

Related words: (words related to DISESTABLISHMENT)

• REPEALABILITY
  The quality or state of being repealable.
• ABOLITIONIST
  A person who favors the abolition of any institution, especially negro slavery.
• DISESTABLISHMENT
  1. The act or process of unsettling or breaking up that which has been established; specifically, the withdrawal of the support of the state from an established church; as, the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church by
• REPEAL
  re- re- + OF. apeler, F. appeler, to call, L. appellare. See Appeal, 1. To recall; to summon again, as persons. The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself, And with uplifted arms is safe arrived. Shak. 2. To recall, as a deed, will, law, or statute;
• ABOLITION
  The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc. Note: The application of
• REPEALABLE
  Capable of being repealed. -- Re*peal"a*ble*ness, n. Syn. -- Revocable; abrogable; voidable; reversible.
• ABOLITIONIZE
  To imbue with the principles of abolitionism. Bartlett.
• REPEALER
  One who repeals; one who seeks a repeal; specifically, an advocate for the repeal of the Articles of Union between Great Britain and Ireland.
• REPEALMENT
  Recall, as from banishment.
• DISCONTINUANCE
  1. The act of discontinuing, or the state of being discontinued; want of continued connection or continuity; breaking off; cessation; interruption; as, a discontinuance of conversation or intercourse; discontinuance of a highway or of travel. A
• ABROGATION
  The act of abrogating; repeal by authority. Hume.
• ABOLITIONISM
  The principles or measures of abolitionists. Wilberforce.
• IRREPEALABLE
  Not repealable; not capable of being repealed or revoked, as a law. -- Ir`re*peal"a*ble*ness, n. -- Ir`re*peal"a*bly, adv.
• IRREPEALABILITY
  The quality or state of being irrepealable.