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DERESTRICT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does derestrict mean?
• DERESTRICT (verb)
The verb DERESTRICT has 1 sense:
1. make free from restrictions
Familiarity information: DERESTRICT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they derestrict ... he / she / it derestricts
Past simple: derestricted
Past participle: derestricted
-ing form: derestricting
... he / she / it derestricts Past simple: derestricted
Past participle: derestricted
-ing form: derestricting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make free from restrictions
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "derestrict" is one way to...):
exempt; free; relieve (grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
restrict (place under restrictions; limit access to by law)
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