Meanings
verbdisincarcerate (third-person singular simple present disincarcerates, present participle disincarcerating, simple past and past participle disincarcerated)
present singular third person disincarcerates · participle present disincarcerating · participle past disincarcerated · past disincarcerated
- obsoletetransitiveTo liberate from prison.
Origin
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Latindis-
- Middle Englishdis-
- Englishdis-
- Englishincarcerate
- Englishdisincarcerate
From dis- + incarcerate.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Italian scarcerare
- scarcerareliberate from prison
Spanish desincarcerar
- desincarcerarliberate from prison
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APA
disincarcerate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disincarcerate
MLA
“disincarcerate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disincarcerate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disincarcerate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disincarcerate.
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