Definition of deactivate

A process, when an assigned user who is already activated in a role, decides to withdraw from the role access rights, and return back to the normal state of no access rights of this role.

Other definitions of deactivate

To remove the ability of a network object, such as a user account or a network-joined computer to access the resources that the server provides. Deactivating a network object does not delete the object from the active directory, nor does it delete any data that is associated with the object.

— Computer Science

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