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decarcerations

decarcerations is the plural of decarceration.

Meaning of decarceration

Noun

decarceration (countable and uncountable, plural decarcerations)

  1. A policy of reducing the amount of imprisoned people in a given population.
    • Whereas rates of COVID-19 vary nationwide, our results add to a growing body of literature emphasizing high COVID-19 rates in carceral settings and the importance of testing and decarceration.2020 August 21, Jiménez, M. C. et al., “Epidemiology of COVID-19 among incarcerated individuals and staff in Massachusetts jails and prisons”, in JAMA, →DOI

Questions about decarcerations

What is decarcerations the plural of?
Decarcerations is the plural of decarceration.

Words near decarcerations in the dictionary

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

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