Why this word is great
EXAUTHORATION — [Noun] The forcible stripping of authority or dignity; a formal degradation. From Latin exauctoratio, from ex- ("out of, from") + auctoritas ("authority"). Unlike "demotion" (a mere lowering of rank) or "abdication" (a voluntary surrender of power), exauthoration is the deliberate unmaking of a person’s standing. It is the general stripped of his epaulets before the ranks, the priest defrocked in a silent chapel, the once-beloved monarch dragged through the streets in chains—each act a ritual of erasure, proving how fragile authority truly is when others cease to believe in it.