Unenrolls

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To remove oneself or another from an organized group, course, or institution; to cancel registration or participation in an official capacity; to discontinue formal involvement in a program
2. The act of withdrawing registration or membership from a class, group, or official list; terminating active enrollment or participation; ending one's status as an enrolled member
3. Ceasing to be listed or counted as a participant in a program, course, or organization; reversing previous registration or commitment; formally exiting from an institutional or organized setting

Etymology: "Unenrolls" is the third-person singular present form of "unenroll", so the verb itself is the thing to explain. It is built from the prefix "un-", which reverses an action, and "enroll", the verb meaning to write a name into a register or list. "Enroll" traces back through Old French "enrouler" to the idea of placing something on a roll, a scroll or list of names, so reversing it means taking a name off that list. The pattern is ordinary English: "un-" attached to a verb to undo it, as in "unlock" or "untie". "Unenroll" is the less familiar member of that group, used mainly in administrative and educational settings, where a student, member or participant is struck from an official record. The word needs no separate history of its own beyond the prefix and the older verb it reverses.

Synonyms: withdraw, deregister, cancel enrollment

Antonyms: enroll, register, sign up