Liberate

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Overview of verb liberate

      »   The verb liberate has 3 meanings (first 2 from tagged texts)

• emancipate, liberate -- (Give1.) Give, spring, springiness -- (the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length)
  
  1.) Give -- (cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense; "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold")
  
  give equal Rights1.) Right -- (an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away")
  
  2.) Right -- ((frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing; "mineral rights"; "film rights")
  
  rights to; of Women1.) Woman, adult female -- (an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted")
  
  2.) Womanhood, woman, fair sex -- (women as a class; "it's an insult to American womanhood"; "woman is the glory of creation"; "the fair sex gathered on the veranda")
  
  women and minorities)

• free, liberate, Release1.) Release -- (merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film); "a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra")
  
  2.) Liberation, release, freeing -- (the act of liberating someone or something)
  
  release, unloose, Unloosen1.) Free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose -- (grant freedom to; free from confinement)
  
  2.) Unloose, unloosen -- (loosen the ties of; "unloose your sneakers")
  
  unloosen, loose -- (Grant1.) Grant -- (any monetary aid)
  
  2.) Grant, subsidization, subsidisation -- (the act of providing a subsidy)
  
  grant freedom to; free from confinement)

• liberate, Set1.) Set -- (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth")
  
  2.) Set -- ((mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols; "the set of prime numbers is infinite")
  
  set free -- (Grant1.) Grant -- (any monetary aid)
  
  2.) Grant, subsidization, subsidisation -- (the act of providing a subsidy)
  
  grant freedom to; "The Students1.) Student, pupil, educatee -- (a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution)
  
  2.) Scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student -- (a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines)
  
  students liberated their Slaves1.) Slave -- (a person who is owned by someone)
  
  2.) Slave, striver, hard worker -- (someone who works as hard as a slave)
  
  slaves upon Graduating1.) Graduate -- (receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies; "She graduated in 1990")
  
  2.) Graduate -- (confer an academic degree upon; "This school graduates 2,000 students each year")
  
  graduating from the university")