Definition of "destain" [destain]

• To remove stain from (a specimen) to aid in microscopic study. (verb-transitive)

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• "You might be absolutely correct in your assumption that not voting is a way to register your destain for the corruption of the process or the candidates."
• "The taxpayers deserve the appreciation of public service servants rather than the destain of Tax dollars used to support out-dated City Departments."
• "You clearly have a fair amount of destain for our work."