Unimprison

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To release from prison; to free. transitive

    "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."

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From un- + imprison.

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