disempower

Etymology

dis- + empower

verb

1. To strip power from (someone or some group), as:
   1. To remove morale or self-confidence from (someone or some group) to do something.
      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
   2. 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.
      The reformation disempowered the established church and thus roiled the aristocracy.