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decarcerating

decarcerating is the present participle and gerund of decarcerate.

Meaning of decarcerate

Verb

decarcerate (third-person singular simple present decarcerates, present participle decarcerating, simple past and past participle decarcerated)

  1. To implement a policy of decarceration; to reduce prison populations.
    • Refusing to decarcerate and now increasing spending on policing that will drive the shuttling of even more Americans into jails and prisons is especially perverse given the recent attention paid to the worsening conditions of confinement and the mistreatment of the incarcerated.2022 January 25, Eric Reinhardt, “How Joe Biden Launched a New Prison Boom”, in Slate

Questions about decarcerating

What is decarcerating the present participle and gerund of?
Decarcerating is the present participle and gerund of decarcerate.

Words near decarcerating in the dictionary

  1. decarburizing
  2. decarceral
  3. decarcerate
  4. decarcerated
  5. decarcerates
  6. decarcerating
  7. decarceration
  8. decarcerations
  9. decarch
  10. decarchies
  11. decarchs

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