To release from prison; to free from imprisonment.
From dis- (reverse) + prison (from Old French prisun, imprisonment). The verb literally describes the action of removing someone from a prison.
This word appears frequently in medieval legal documents—'disprison' had specific legal weight as the formal release of a prisoner, distinct from escape or pardon, showing how precise historical language could be.
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