liberation
- noun
- /ˌlɪbəˈreɪʃən/
- Let us overcome the temptation before us by going forward with women's liberation and human liberation.
- a liberation movement
- women's liberation
- national liberation
because this is not liberation, this is an escape.
- because this is not liberation, this is an escape.
- In this way, the true potential of the machine for the liberation of humanity is wasted.
- You cannot be for the liberation of Palestinians and not be against Hamas.
- They don't just want the some kind of liberation of oppressed Palestinian people.
- And I would argue that's probably the greatest economic liberation in human history is still playing out.
- All these things are a way of showing you how to find true sense of liberation and inner freedom.
- And I really want to attribute this liberation and this moment in my life to our first guest.
- It was that I felt like I want to, I want to be a voice of liberation and I want to use my art to do it.
- And the portal to that liberation is meditation.
- We feel sense of liberation, sense of freedom.
- But my favorite concerns what constituted liberation for this woman.
- You know, and everything is working towards the liberation of all beings, right.
- And yeah, that meant that meant that liberation was actually oddly worked against me that.
- And she said to my mother, so tell me about Liberation Day.
Examples
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She symbolizes compassion and liberation.
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For people on both sides, it would lead to psychological liberation from mutual suspicion and hostility.
Academic text (1999) -
We feel sense of liberation, sense of freedom.
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That in each case these were just moments of liberation and they did wonderful things for the country.
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Serving others is my path to liberation .
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Let's be the partners who open the day of liberation in this land.
Fiction book (1995) -
You know, so often words like freedom and liberation are used around meditation.
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If you want to work for people's liberation, you need to solve your own problem first.
Fiction book (1995) -
This week began the peaceful liberation of Tibet.
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The liberation of the country was celebrated with parades and festivities.
Synonyms
Freedom from control by others, for example when a country is free or a person supports themselves
An act of letting someone or something go free from being held
The act of setting someone free from control or slavery
Being rescued from danger or harm
A country becoming independent from rule by another country
The freeing of a town from enemy attack by soldiers
Releasing people or animals who were kept against their will
Freeing someone or something that is stuck
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A Christian view that uses Jesus' teachings to support freeing poor people from injustice
An organization that represents Palestinian people and works for an independent state
A series of campaigns in the 1960s and 1970s asking for equal rights for women
A Palestinian left-wing group that carries out armed attacks against Israel
A Palestinian political group that seeks major national change and sometimes uses armed attacks
An armed group that attacked to force Turkey to admit the Armenian Genocide, pay money, and give land to Armenia
- Offensive
A group of armed fighters who use violence to try to take control of Rwanda
An armed group in Sri Lanka that fought for a separate Tamil state and used suicide attacks
An armed group in southern Philippines seeking an independent Islamic state for the Moro people
A group that uses violence to remove British soldiers from Northern Ireland and unite Ireland
A Shia militant group linked to Iran that uses car bombs
A guerrilla group in Colombia that kidnaps people and uses armed attacks
A far-left group in Turkey that attacks police and the army and opposes NATO and the United States
A Palestinian group that supports left-wing revolution and uses political and armed action
A Palestinian political group that uses armed attacks for its goals
How Free
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Liberation comes from the Latin root liber, which means 'free' and is the same root in liberty. So, liberation is the act of making someone 'free' from control or unfair treatment.