liberation
Roget category 750
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.6. General intersocial volition
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#750.
Liberation
noun
liberation,
disengagement,
release,
enlargement,
emancipation —
disenthrallment†,
disenthralment† —
affranchisement†,
enfranchisement —
manumission —
discharge,
dismissal.
deliverance
etc.
672 —
redemption,
extrication,
acquittance,
absolution —
acquittal
etc.
970 —
escape
etc.
671.
verb
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.
adjective
liberated
etc.
v. —
out of harness
etc.
(free)
748.
interjection
unhand me!,
let me go!,
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