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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 disestablishment
 廢除;解除官職

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Dis·es·tab·lish·ment n.
 1. The act or process of unsettling or breaking up that which has been established; specifically, the withdrawal of the support of the state from an established church; as, the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church by Act of Parliament.
 2. The condition of being disestablished.
    Prior to the Puritans, very few earlier believers contended for any form of disestablishmentarianism.   --David. W. Hall (Savior or Servant? Putting Government in Its Place: The Covenant Foundation, 1996)
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 disestablishment
      n : the act terminating an established state of affairs;
          especially ending a connection with the Church of England