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deinstitutionalization

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  • noun the process of abolishing a practice that has been considered a norm
  • noun the process of releasing a person from a facility where their freedom to leave has been restrained
  • noun the process of reducing a person's dependence on an institutional environment

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Derived from institutionalize.

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