Antonyms for sacking

Grammar : Verb

Spell : sak-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsæk ɪŋ

Definition of sacking

Origin : "large bag," Old English sacc (West Saxon), sec (Mercian), sæc (Old Kentish) "large cloth bag," also "sackcloth," from Proto-Germanic *sakkiz (cf. Middle Dutch sak, Old High German sac, Old Norse sekkr, but Gothic sakkus probably is directly from Greek), an early borrowing from Latin saccus (also source of Old French sac, Spanish saco, Italian sacco), from Greek sakkos, from Semitic (cf. Hebrew saq "sack").
The wide spread of the word is probably due to the Biblical story of Joseph, in which a sack of corn figures (Gen. xliv). Baseball slang sense of "a base" is attested from 1913. Slang meaning "bunk, bed" is from 1825, originally nautical. The verb meaning "go to bed" is recorded from 1946. Sack race attested from 1805.

verb remove from position of responsibility
verb raid, plunder

Example sentences :

I had it at the sacking of Issodun, and the King himself hath not such a bed.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

I wish I had the sacking of your town; I would repay you, my children!'
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

I would not for the sacking of London go through with it again.'
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

The sacking with which he was covered, and his legs, were thickly covered with snow.
Extract from : « Master and Man » by Leo Tolstoy

I know he was thinking of sacking one of the subs, and he might take you on.
Extract from : « People of Position » by Stanley Portal Hyatt

As he jerked to clear it from the sacking, I glanced at little Miss Wallace.
Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan

The Scandinavians move about at their ease, sacking London and the other towns.
Extract from : « A Literary History of the English People » by Jean Jules Jusserand

He took part in the sacking of Quiloa, and in all the events of that campaign.
Extract from : « Celebrated Travels and Travellers » by Jules Verne

And in that minute Quentin lifted the sacking, and looked out.
Extract from : « The Magic World » by Edith Nesbit

Be this as it may, the sacking of Colchester was a terrible business.
Extract from : « The Message » by Alec John Dawson

Synonyms for sacking

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