1
[ verb ] give equal rights to; of women and minorities

Synonyms

emancipate

Used in print

(National Review, xi: 26...)

If the raw population figures are crucially relevant , then it is idle to think_of liberation , as idle as to suppose that Poland might liberate Russia .

(The Nation, 193: 16...)

with China attacking Formosa and the North Koreans and North Vietnamese liberating the southern half of their respective countries .

Related terms

change_state liberation

2
[ verb ] grant freedom to; free from confinement

Used in print

(Todhunter Ballard, The Night Riders....)

There were three other men within this prison whom Barton would have liked to liberate , but they were in other cell blocks .

3
[ verb ] grant freedom to

Synonyms

set_free

Examples

"The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university"

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