1. to deprive of an endowment or to withdraw financial support from an institution
Usage: formal; often used in academic or institutional contexts

Examples

• The board voted to disendow the controversial research program.
• Budget cuts forced the university to disendow several academic chairs.
• Activists called on donors to disendow institutions that invested in fossil fuels.
• The foundation decided to disendow the scholarship after discovering financial irregularities.
• Political pressure led the state to disendow the arts council.
• The college was forced to disendow its music department due to declining enrollment.