disimprison

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verb

To free or release from a state of imprisonment.

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Meanings

verbdisimprison (third-person singular simple present disimprisons, present participle disimprisoning, simple past and past participle disimprisoned)

present singular third person disimprisons · participle present disimprisoning · participle past disimprisoned · past disimprisoned

  1. transitiveTo free or release from a state of imprisonment.

    Sometimes it is sufficient for another person to say 'Look!,' 'Look at that!,' or 'Look over there!' to release the transfixed attention, to disimprison the patient from his spellbound, albeit empty, Parkinsonian attention and allow him once again to move freely in the real world.

    1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

Origin

From dis- + imprison.

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APA

disimprison. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disimprison

MLA

“disimprison.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disimprison. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disimprison,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disimprison.

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