the removal of someone from high office or from a position of status (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
tetecuhtlazaliztli
Alonso de Molina:
tetecutlazaliztli. deposicion tal. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 106v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.