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third-person singular simple present disempowers, present participle disempowering, simple past and past participle disempowered
To strip power from (someone or some group), as:
To remove morale or self-confidence from (someone or some group) to do something. quotations examples
A powerful head can sometimes disempower the teaching staff, and create among them a sort of passivity that is close to inertia.
1990, Editors: Tim Brighouse and Bob Moon, Managing the National Curriculum, Harlow: Longman Group UK Ltd, page 97
To remove authority or (official) confidence from (someone or some group) to do something (such as administer a state function), as by demoting, disestablishing, or unincorporating a group. examples