処分|しょぶんshobun[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbdisposal; throwing away; selling off
   私わたしたちはその土地とちを処分しょぶんしなければならない。↗

   We have to dispose of the land.
2. noun, suru verb, transitive verbdealing with (a problem); measure
3. noun, suru verb, transitive verbpunishment; penalty
4. noun, suru verb, transitive verbputting down (e.g. diseased animal)

• Synonym処理しょりNeutralUsed for handling tasks or data, as in 「データ処理」; it centers on dealing with and resolving things, whereas 「処分」 centers on discarding or punishing.
• Synonym始末しまつNeutralCovers cleaning up afterwards, as in 「後始末」; it stresses dealing with the aftermath and can also refer to the course events took.
• Synonym懲戒ちょうかいWrittenA written/formal term for disciplinary punishment, as in 「懲戒免職」; it refers strictly to discipline, not to disposing of things.
• Synonym片付けるかたづけるNeutralA verb common in everyday speech for tidying up, as in 「部屋を片付ける」; it leans toward putting things in order rather than disposal or punishment.
• Antonym保存ほぞんNeutralMeans preserving or keeping something as it is — the opposite of 「処分」 in its sense of throwing things away.
• Antonym保管ほかんNeutralMeans keeping items safely in one's charge — the opposite of 「処分」 when it means getting rid of them.

Use 「処分」 for throwing away or selling off things, as in 「ゴミを処分する」, or for penalties like 「停学処分」. For handling tasks or data say 「処理」, for cleaning up afterwards 「始末」, for formal discipline 「懲戒」; 「保存」 and 「保管」 are the opposites.

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1. 物事ものごとの取り扱とりあつかいを決きめ、その取り扱とりあつかいを執行しっこうすること。
2. (特とくに) 物ものの現状げんじょうや性質せいしつを変更へんこうしたり廃棄はいきすること。
3. 組織そしきにおいて、その規律きりつを犯おかした組織構成そしきこうせい者しゃに対たいして、懲罰的ちょうばつてきな措置そちを課かすこと。
4. 行政ぎょうせい処分しょぶんのこと。