[dee-ak-sesh-uh
n] 
| 1. | to sell (a work of art) from a museum's or gallery's collections, esp. with a view to acquiring funds for the purchase of other works. |
| 2. | to deaccession a work of art from a museum's or gallery's collections. |
| 3. | a deaccessioned work of art. |
| de·ac·ces·sion (dē'āk-sěsh'ən) v. de·ac·ces·sioned, de·ac·ces·sion·ing, de·ac·ces·sions v. tr. To remove and sell (a work of art) from a museum's collection, especially in order to purchase other works of art: "He also denied that ... friends of the museum were permitted to buy ... pieces that were deaccessioned" (New York Times). v. intr. To remove a work of art from a museum's collection and sell it. de'ac·ces'sion n. |