1. past tense and past participle of deration; to remove rationing restrictions from (goods, supplies, or a population)
Usage: historical; chiefly British

1. no longer subject to rationing; freed from rationing controls
Usage: historical; chiefly British

Examples

• After the war ended, many goods were gradually derationed.
• Butter was finally derationed in 1954 in Britain.
• The government derationed sugar supplies once production increased.
• Derationed foods became more widely available to consumers.
• Meat remained rationed longer than other derationed items.