Meaning

1 senses

  1. To implement a policy of decarceration; to reduce prison populations.

Origin

Modeled on incarcerate, replacing the prefix with de-.

Modeled on incarcerate, replacing the prefix with de-.

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Forms

decarcerates, decarcerating, decarcerated, decarcerated
Base formdecarcerate · to decarcerate
3rd person singulardecarcerates
Present participledecarcerating
Past simpledecarcerated
Past participledecarcerated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydecarcerate
he, she, itdecarcerates

Past simpleLesson

all personsdecarcerated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave decarcerated
he, she, ithas decarcerated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill decarcerate

Word family

2 related words
Relateddecarcerationincarcerate

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
decaldecapitatedecapitationdecayB2decease
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