unimprison
unimprison verb: to release from prison; to free.
Verb
unimprison (third-person singular simple present unimprisons, present participle unimprisoning, simple past and past participle unimprisoned)
- To 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
Forms of unimprison
| third-person singular present | unimprisons |
|---|---|
| present participle | unimprisoning |
| past participle | unimprisoned |
| past | unimprisoned |
Origin of unimprison
From un- + imprison.
Questions about unimprison
- What does unimprison mean?
- Unimprison means to release from prison; to free.
- What part of speech is unimprison?
- Unimprison is a verb.
- What is the past tense of unimprison?
- The past tense of unimprison is unimprisoned.
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