Definitions for: Liberate


[v] grant freedom to; free from confinement
[v] grant freedom to; "The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university"
[v] give equal rights to; of women and minorities



Webster (1913) Definition: Lib"er*ate (-[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Liberated
(-[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Liberating
(-[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. liberatus, p. p. of liberare to free,
fr. liber free. See Liberal, a., and cf. Deliver.]
To release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to
free; to manumit; to disengage; as, to liberate a slave or
prisoner; to liberate the mind from prejudice; to liberate
gases.

Syn: To deliver; free; release. See Deliver.

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

Antonyms: confine, detain

See Also: affranchise, bail, bail out, change state, decolonise, decolonize, discharge, emancipate, enfranchise, manumit, parole, run, turn, unchain, unspell

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