to liberate

Examples

• All

• The activists organized a campaign to liberate women from societal restrictions.

• In this way, the students will be exploring ways to liberate themselves from exclusionary practices.

  Academic text (2011)

• After all we went through to liberate her, why would they be having problems now?

  Fiction book (1992)

• Whatever happens, the peoples of South Africa will be liberated.

  Winnie Mandela (2011)

• Women are thankfully more liberated, emancipated, financially independent than they've ever been.

• A small band of rebels, including poets and teachers, actors and workers, gathers in Dublin intent on liberating Ireland from 700 years of British rule.

  Blood Freak (1972)

• The new law was intended to liberate minorities and ensure their equal rights.

• She worked tirelessly to liberate her community from years of discrimination.

Synonyms

S

to set free

vsto liberate

218 2.7

To let a person or animal go after keeping them in a place where they could not leave

concerns giving groups equal legal and social rights instead

E

to emancipate

vsto liberate

• Formal

23 7.0

To set someone free from unfair control or rules so they have equal rights

gives equal rights to whole groups rather than individuals

E

to enfranchise

vsto liberate

1 8.5

To give someone full citizenship and rights, often after slavery

gives equal rights beyond citizenship applying to groups widely

A

to affranchise

vsto liberate

• Archaic

9.9

To free someone from slavery or forced work

focuses on group equal rights rather than individual release

Antonyms

O

to oppress

152 6.5

To treat people cruelly or unfairly using power to limit their rights

S

to subjugate

• Formal

21 9.2

To bring someone or something under control, often by force

How Equal

to enfranchise

2 8.2

to liberate

70 4.2

to empower

157 4.2

grant

• Formal

28 3.9

to permit

531 1.5

to tolerate

56 3.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology