Definition
The act or process of releasing someone from prison; liberation from confinement.
Etymology
From disimprison + -ment (a noun-forming suffix from Old French/Latin). The -ment suffix transforms the verb disimprison into a noun representing the action or state, following standard Middle English word formation patterns.
Kelly Says
This noun form was particularly valued in legal English because it created an abstract noun for the concept—courts needed one word to describe the entire process of prisoner release. It shows how -ment wasn't just added randomly but solved real communication problems in formal contexts.
Translations
ARالعربية
إطلاق سراح
i-ta-laaq s-si-raah
CACatalà
alliberament
al-li-be-ra-ment
CSČeština
propuštění
pro-pu-sht-en-ee
DADansk
frigørelse
free-goer-leh
DEDeutsch
Entlassung
ent-lahs-soong
ELΕλληνικά
απελευθέρωση
a-pe-lev-the-ro-see
ESEspañol
liberación
li-ber-sioon
FISuomi
vankilasta vapauttaminen
van-ki-lasta va-paut-ta-min-en
FRFrançais
libération
li-ber-a-syohn
HEעברית
שחרור
sha-har-oor
HIहिन्दी
मुक्तिकरण
mukt-ik-ra-n
HUMagyar
szabadítás
shoo-ba-dee-taas
IDBahasa Indonesia
pembebasan
bem-be-sa-san
ITItaliano
liberazione
li-ber-a-tsyo-neh
KO한국어
감옥 풀기
gam-ok pul-gi
MSBahasa Melayu
pembebasan
bem-be-sa-san
NLNederlands
ontbinding
ont-bin-ding
NONorsk
frigivelse
free-gi-vel-se
PLPolski
zwolnienie
zwool-nie-n-ie
PTPortuguês
desprisão
dez-pri-saow
RORomână
eliberare
e-li-be-ra-reh
RUРусский
освобождение
osvobozhdenie
SVSvenska
frigivning
free-giv-ning
SWKiswahili
uhuru
oo-hoo-roo
TAதமிழ்
விடுதலை
viduthalai
TEతెలుగు
విడుదల
vidu-da-la
THไทย
การปล่อย
gaan plaoey
TLTL
kalayaan
ka-la-ya-an
TRTürkçe
özgürlük
oz-gur-luk
UKУкраїнська
виправлення
vi-pra-vlen-nya
ZUZU
ukuthula
oo-koo-thoo-la