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DEREQUISITION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does derequisition mean?
• DEREQUISITION (verb)
The verb DEREQUISITION has 1 sense:
1. release from government control
Familiarity information: DEREQUISITION used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Release from government control
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "derequisition" is one way to...):
free; give up; release; relinquish; resign (part with a possession or right)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
requisition (demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service)
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