deration
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[edit]deration (third-person singular simple present derations, present participle derationing, simple past and past participle derationed)
- To remove rationing restrictions from (a product or commodity), so that the amounts one can buy or obtain are no longer limited by regulation.
- In the UK, following World War II, petrol was not derationed until 1950.