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liberated

liberated

4.9
Free from traditional social rules in behavior and personal relationships
  • adjective
  • /ˈlɪbəˌreɪtɪd/
translation icon : liberado
  • After shedding the expectations of others, she felt truly liberated to express her creativity.

It's a little bit liberating to not be afraid.

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Examples

  • It's a more joyous, liberated way to live.

  • And when you do that, you're liberated from the concerns that you expressed.

  • It's a little bit liberating to not be afraid.

  • And I, I found it very liberating to see him saying that.

  • That free fall was the most liberating experience of my life.

  • There are few things more liberating in this life than having your worst fear realized.

  • It's been totally liberating and also very scary.

  • And for me, the most liberating thing was the bicycle.

  • And it's, it's really been liberating to talk more freely about it.

  • I was moving through my absolute worst fear, which is also oddly liberating after the fact.

Synonyms

at liberty
vsliberated
41 3.6

Free to do what you want without rules stopping you

focuses specifically on freedom from social conventions and attitudes
unshackled
vsliberated
2 5.7

Free from chains or things that hold someone back

refers specifically to freedom from social conventions and norms
emancipated
vsliberated
6.8

Free from old social rules and acting independently

is identical in meaning but differs only by word choice

Antonyms

Calm and controlled, not strong or showy

How Restrained

conventional
175 2.8
relaxed
241 1.0
liberated
4.9
uninhibited
15 6.9

Surface Forms

liberated positive

Morphology

liberated = liberate (transparent) = liberate + ed

Adjectival use of the past participle of 'liberate' meaning 'made free' or 'freed', directly deriving the social/personal sense.

Etymology

Liberated comes from the Latin root liber meaning 'free', the same root as liberty and liberal. So a 'liberated' person is someone 'free' from old social rules or limits, which is why the word means living or thinking without those restraints.