liberate

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To set free, to make or allow to be free, particularly
2. (transitive) To set free, to make or allow to be free, particularly
3. (transitive) To set free, to make or allow to be free, particularly
4. (transitive) To set free, to make or allow to be free, particularly
5. (euphemistic, transitive) To acquire from an enemy during wartime, used especially of cities, regions, and other population centers.
6. (euphemistic, transitive) To acquire from another by theft or force: to steal, to rob.

Adj

1. (not-comparable, obsolete) liberated
2. (UK, historical, not-comparable, obsolete) allowed, delivered, freed (see Etymology 3).

Noun

A writ issued out of the Chancery for the payment of a pension, debt, the delivery of one's land or goods from a sheriff's custody, the delivery a prisoner put in bail fo appearance or other royal allowance.

Synonyms

release

free

🆓

set free

emancipate

deliver

loose

let go

extricate

rescue

save

discharge

unloose

redeem

unleash

let loose

loosen

spare

exempt

decontrol

enfranchise

allow to go

acquit

clear

allow to escape

untie

unload

unloosen

let escape

set at liberty

exonerate

disentangle

unchain

disengage

manumit

relieve

exhaust

escape

allow

enhance

end

🔚

make

emit

complete

alleviate

liberalize

let out

let off

ease

manumission

douse

Translations

libérer

befreien

🆓

liberar

libertar

liberare

🆓

bevrijden

émanciper

απελευθερώνω

emancipar

vrijlaten

freilassen

vrijmaken

affranchir

🆓

emancipare

délivrer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlɪbəɹeɪt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin līberātus, the perfect passive participle of līberō (“to set free, deliver”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from līber (“free”); see liberal.