The process or act of removing decorations or ornaments from something.
Formed by combining the prefix 'de-' with 'decoration' (from Latin 'decoratio'), creating a noun form through the standard '-ation' suffix that describes the action of undecorating.
This word is so logical yet rarely used—it perfectly demonstrates how English lets us build opposite meanings with 'de-,' but sometimes our everyday language just chooses simpler synonyms instead.
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