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decapitalized

decapitalized is the simple past and past participle of decapitalize.

Meaning of decapitalize

Verb

decapitalize (third-person singular simple present decapitalizes, present participle decapitalizing, simple past and past participle decapitalized)

  1. (transitive) To uncapitalize (convert the first letter (or more) of (something) from uppercase to lowercase).
  2. (transitive) To convert a capital value, typically into a rental.
  3. (transitive) To remove (something's) status as a capital crime; to cause (something) to no longer be a capital crime.
    • In 1801 Connecticut decapitalized arson, but only where no victim's life had been placed in danger.2009, Stuart Banner, The Death Penalty: an American history, page 131

Questions about decapitalized

What is decapitalized the simple past and past participle of?
Decapitalized is the simple past and past participle of decapitalize.

Words near decapitalized in the dictionary

  1. decapitalises
  2. decapitalising
  3. decapitalization
  4. decapitalizations
  5. decapitalize
  6. decapitalized
  7. decapitalizes
  8. decapitalizing
  9. decapitate
  10. decapitated
  11. decapitatee

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Adapted from Wiktionary: decapitalized (page history and authors); decapitalize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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