English to English Dictionary

Disciplinary Committee

An official group of people within an organization, school, or institution appointed to investigate breaches of rules and decide on appropriate punishments or sanctions.

Discloser

A person or organization that makes secret or new information known.

Discordantly

In a way that is not in harmony or agreement; characterized by discord.

Discrepancy

A lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts, figures, or items that should ideally match or agree.

Disempowerment

The action of making someone feel less powerful or confident, or of taking away their power and rights.

Disillusionment

A feeling of disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be.

Disinformation

False information that is deliberately created and spread with the intention to deceive, mislead, or manipulate public opinion.

Disjointedly

In a manner that is not connected or coherent.

Dispensing optician

A licensed healthcare professional who designs, fits, and dispenses prescription eyeglasses, contact lenses, and other vision correction devices based on specifications provided by an optometrist or ophthalmologist.

Dispersive

Tending to cause dispersion or scattering.

Dispossessed

Having been deprived of possessions, property, or rights.

Disproof

Evidence or argument that contradicts or refutes a claim or theory.