discommons

transitive verb

dis·​commons

"+

-ed/-ing/-es

: to deprive of the right to commons in an English college

could not dine in hall, as he was discommonsed for persistent absence from lectures

—Thomas Hughes

Word History

Etymology

dis- entry 1 + commons

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