Adempting

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To take away a right or a privilege from someone, often implying a removal or revocation of something once granted
2. Describing the act of rescinding or withdrawing a previously assigned benefit or entitlement
3. Referring to the process of cancelling or nullifying a right that had been conferred, leading to its absence or non-enforcement

Etymology: "Adempting" is the present participle of "adempt", a verb meaning to take away rights. The root goes back to Latin "adimere", "to take away", whose past participle "ademptum" gave English its verb. The Latin verb itself is built from "ad-", "to" or "away from", and "emere", "to take", so the sense of removal is written into its parts. Because the English verb was taken directly from the past participle, it keeps the Latin sense of having something removed from a person or thing. Its use is tied to legal and formal writing, where it describes the stripping of a privilege or entitlement rather than the removal of a physical object.

Synonyms: revoking, withdrawing

Antonyms: granting, bestowing