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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