Dictionary Definition
liberate
Verb
1 give equal rights to; of women and minorities
[syn: emancipate]
2 grant freedom to; free from confinement [syn:
free, release, unloose, unloosen, loose] [ant: confine]
3 grant freedom to; "The students liberated their
slaves upon graduating from the university" [syn: set free]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Verb
- to free; to release
from restraint or
bondage; to set at
liberty; to manumit; to disengage
- to liberate a slave or prisoner
- to liberate the mind from prejudice
- to liberate gases
- to liberate the mind from prejudice
- to liberate a slave or prisoner
- transitive euphemism to steal or abscond with (something)
- The neighbor's garden gnome is so ugly, I'm tempted to liberate it for them.
Derived terms
Translations
to free
- Czech: osvobodit
- Dutch: bevrijden
- Finnish: vapauttaa
- German: befreien
- Russian: освобождать (osvoboždát') , освободить (osvobodít')
- Spanish: liberar
to steal or abscond with something
Italian
Verb
liberate- second-person plural present tense of liberare
- second-person plural imperative of liberare
Extensive Definition
Liberation may refer to:
- Liberty, the condition in which an individual has the ability to act according to his or her own will
Religion
- Moksha
- Nirvana Buddhism
- Enlightenment, the acquisition of new wisdom or understanding enabling clarity of perception
- Liberation theology, a school of theology within the Catholic Church
- Moksa Jainism
Publications
- Libération, a French newspaper
- Libération (Morocco), a Moroccan francophone newspaper
- Oslobođenje, a Bosnian newspaper
- An American pacifist magazine founded by A.J. Muste
Music
Albums
Songs
- "Liberate" (song), by Disturbed
- A song by Mike Oldfield on his album The Millennium Bell
- A song by Outkast featuring Cee-Lo on their album Aquemini
- A song by the Pet Shop Boys on their album Very
- A song by Slipknot on their album Slipknot
Record labels
- Liberation Records, an American record label
- Liberation Music, an Australian record label
Computer and software related
- Liberation fonts, collective name of three TrueType font families: Liberation Sans, Liberation Serif and Liberation Mono.
- Liberation: Captive 2, a computer game for the Amiga CD32
- Killzone: Liberation, the PlayStation Portable sequel to the PlayStation 2 game Killzone
See also
liberate in Spanish: Libération
liberate in French: Libération
liberate in Polish: Liberation
liberate in Russian: Liberation
liberate in Slovak: Oslobodenie
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
affranchise, appropriate, cast off,
clear, deliver, detach, disburden, discharge, disembarrass, disembroil, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, disenthrall, disinvolve, doff, ease, emancipate, enfranchise, extract, extricate, free, free up, let go, let loose,
let off, let out, loose,
loosen, manumit, pilfer, purloin, ransom, recover, redeem, release, remove, rescue, retrieve, salvage, save, set at large, set at liberty,
set free, steal, take, take off, unbar, unbind, unbolt, unbuckle, unbutton, unchain, unclasp, unclutter, undo, unfasten, unfetter, unglue, unlace, unlatch, unleash, unlock, unloose, unloosen, unscramble, unshackle, unsnarl, unstick, unstrap, untangle, untie, weigh
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