liberate

Meaning

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

Synonyms

release

free

🆓

set free

emancipate

deliver

loose

extricate

let go

rescue

save

discharge

unleash

unloose

redeem

loosen

let loose

disentangle

acquit

clear

exempt

let escape

decontrol

manumit

exonerate

spare

set at liberty

allow to go

allow to escape

disengage

unload

enfranchise

unloosen

untie

unchain

relieve

pop

put

reform

relax

remedy

remit

remove

repair

rid

run

solve

spell

spill

steal

temper

unblock

unclasp

uncork

unfasten

unfetter

unfreeze

unhand

unlock

🔓

upgrade

uplift

utter

whitewash

abandon

deliver from

free oneself

indulge in

let go of

make real

overswing

turn loose

untether

restore a fallen state

save the nation

bite out

absolve

admit

affranchise

alleviate

allow

ameliorate

amend

assoil

complete

disencumber

dismiss

dispense

douse

ease

emit

end

🔚

enhance

escape

exhaust

forgive

freeing

give off

improve

issue

lessen

let

let fly

let off

let out

liberalize

make

manumission

overshoot

pass off

Hyphenated as

lib‧er‧ate

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlɪbəɹeɪt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin līberātus, past participle of līberō (“to set free, deliver”), from līber (“free”); see liberal.