1. removed (an item) from a museum, library, or collection's official inventory, typically to sell, donate, or discard it
Usage: museums and cultural institutions; past tense and past participle of deaccession

Examples

• The museum deaccessioned several paintings to fund new acquisitions.
• The library deaccessioned outdated reference books to make shelf space.
• After the audit, the institution deaccessioned items that did not meet collection standards.
• The curator deaccessioned duplicate artifacts from the storage facility.
• Works were deaccessioned through a public auction process.
• The gallery deaccessioned the sculpture to a private collector.
• Deaccessioned items were carefully documented before removal from inventory.