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withdrawal

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deaccessioning

n. ~ The removal of holdings from a repository's collections.

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Withdrawal sometimes connotes the permanent removal of materials as the result of weeding or reappraisal. It is sometimes used with the sense of a temporary loan, usually to the office of origin.

A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology