deaccession

Meanings

Plural: deaccessions

Verb

• sell (art works) from a collection, especially in order to raise money for the purchase of other art works
  • "The museum deaccessioned several important works of this painter"
• To officially remove an object from a ledger of a museum, art gallery or library so that it may be sold or disposed.

Noun

• The disposal of objects in this way, or the disposed object itself.

Synonyms

deacquisition

Antonyms

accession