Synonyms for liberate
ˈlɪb əˌreɪtlib·er·ate

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1. liberate

   To absolve, in the strict sense, is to set free from any bond. One may be absolved from a promise by a breach of faith on the part of one to whom the promise was made. To absolve from sins is formally to remit their condemnation and penalty, regarded as a bond upon the soul. "Almighty God ... pardoneth and absolveth all those who truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel." Book of Common Prayer, Declar. of Absol. To acquit of sin or crime is to free from the accusation of it, pronouncing one guiltless; the innocent are rightfully acquitted; the guilty may be mercifully absolved. Compare PARDON.

   Synonyms:
   absolve, acquit, clear, discharge, exculpate, exempt, exonerate, forgive, free, pardon, pardon, release, set free

   Antonyms:
   accuse, bind, charge, compel, condemn, convict, impeach, inculpate, obligate, oblige

   Preposition:
   One is absolved from (rarely of) a promise, a sin, etc.

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1. emancipate, liberateverb

   give equal rights to; of women and minorities

   Synonyms:
   emancipate, loose, release, free, manumit, set free, unloosen, unloose

2. free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, looseverb

   grant freedom to; free from confinement

   Synonyms:
   turn, unfreeze, unloose, expel, exhaust, let loose, release, resign, emancipate, unblock, loosen, publish, disembarrass, unloosen, put out, let go of, exempt, give up, relinquish, justify, absolve, unleash, relieve, secrete, rid, let go, dislodge, bring out, discharge, issue, free, relax, disengage, eject, set free, loose

3. liberate, set freeverb

   grant freedom to

   "The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university"

   Synonyms:
   emancipate, loose, release, free, set free, unloosen, unloose

4. release, free, liberateverb

   release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition

   Synonyms:
   turn, exempt, exhaust, absolve, unloose, relieve, emancipate, unloosen, unblock, justify, unfreeze, disembarrass, disengage, bring out, free, discharge, release, secrete, set free, put out, give up, loose, let go, let go of, resign, relinquish, publish, expel, rid, issue, eject, dislodge

Matched Categories

1. • Change State
   • Chemistry
   • Generate

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1. liberateverb

   Synonyms:
   release, free, emancipate, manumit, disinthrall, ransom, discharge, deliver, set free, set at liberty, let go, let loose, let out

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1. liberateverb

   Synonyms:
   free

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1. List of paraphrases for "liberate":

   liberation, release, liberalization, liberating, free, rid, emancipating, extricate, unleash, emancipate, liberalize, freeing, emancipation, liberated

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How to use liberate in a sentence?

1. Mickey Mehta:

   Deal with the demons of your past when they haunt you, don't shy away, instead show them the way. Once and for all look straight in their faces right into their eyes with a will and determination to resolve, breathe them out, and before you, let them dissolve. Don't let your past get you traumatized, deal it with self conviction, liberate yourself and get MickeyMized.

2. Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin:

   Economic cooperation must coincide with settling security matters, the faster you liberate this city, the sooner we can get (back) to Iraq.

3. Mladen Bojanic:

   I am proud of my result, i will continue the struggle to liberate Montenegro from Djukanovic's dictatorship.

4. Michael McFaul:

   I think people need to remember that we're talking about cities like Kharkiv and Mariupol and Kyiv, there are large populations there, you know, up to a third and sometimes as much to a half that are Russian speakers and are ethnic Russians. And yet Putin doesn't seem to care about that. He slaughters the very people he said he has come to liberate.

5. Tucker Carlson:

   They used the Second Amendment to liberate enslaved Africans. [The ACLU's claim] is just deeply insane.