- to release (a person with mental or physical disabilities) from a hospital, asylum, home, or other institution with the intention of providing treatment, support, or rehabilitation primarily through community resources under the supervision of healthcare professionals or facilities.
- to remove (care, therapy, etc.) from the confines of an institution by providing treatment, support, or the like through community facilities.
- to free from the confines or limitations of an institution.
- to free from the bureaucracy and complex procedures associated with institutions.
- to give up or lose institutional character or status; become deinstitutionalized.
