unimprison

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verb

To release from prison; to free.

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Meanings

verbunimprison (third-person singular simple present unimprisons, present participle unimprisoning, simple past and past participle unimprisoned)

present singular third person unimprisons · participle present unimprisoning · participle past unimprisoned · past unimprisoned

  1. transitiveTo release from prison; to free.

    They became activists and advocates, largely unaware of the possibility that, in advocating more of the same services for heretofore underserved populations, they might be exposing unwittingly the cultural parochialism from which they sought to unimprison themselves.

    1985, Seymour Bernard Sarason, Caring and Compassion in Clinical Practice

Origin

From un- + imprison.

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APA

unimprison. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unimprison

MLA

“unimprison.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unimprison. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unimprison,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unimprison.

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