Grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude.

synonym: enfranchise.

Roget 748: be free etc. adj.; have scope etc. n., have the run of, have one's own way, have a will of one's own, have one's fling; do what one likes, do what one wishes, do what one pleases, do what one chooses; go at large, feel at home, paddle one's own canoe; stand on one's legs, stand on one's rights; shift for oneself.    take a liberty; make free with, make oneself quite at home; use a freedom; take leave, take French leave.    set free etc. (liberate) 750; give a loose to etc. (permit) 760; allow scope etc. n.. to, give scope etc. n.. to; give a horse his head.    make free of; give the freedom of, give the franchise; enfranchise, affranchise^†.    laisser faire [Fr.], laisser aller [Fr.]; live and let live; leave to oneself; leave alone, let alone.    ... show more

Roget 750: liberate, free; set free, set clear, set at liberty; render free, emancipate, release; enfranchise, affranchise^†; manumit; enlarge; disband, discharge, disenthrall, disenthral, dismiss; let go, let loose, loose, let out, let slip; cast adrift, turn adrift; deliver etc. 672; absolve etc. (acquit) 970.    unfetter etc. 751, untie etc. 43; loose etc. (disjoin) 44; loosen, relax; unbolt, unbar, unclose, uncork, unclog, unhand, unbind, unchain, unharness, unleash; disengage, disentangle; clear, extricate, unloose.    gain one's liberty, obtain one's liberty, acquire one's liberty etc. 748; get rid of, get clear of; deliver oneself from; shake off the yoke, slip the collar; break loose, break prison; tear asunder one's bonds, cast off trammels; escape etc. 671.    ... show more