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disafforestation.

The change in the legal status of an area from forest to that of normal land, entailing the loss of forest laws.

16 characters6 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. The change in the legal status of an area from forest to that of normal land, entailing the loss of forest laws.

    countable · historical · uncountable
  2. Deforestation.

    archaic · countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From post-classical Latin disafforestātiō (13th cent.), from the participial stem of Latin disafforestō. By surface analysis, disafforest + -ation.

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