liberate

liberate

verb

Definition of LIBERATE

1

to set free (as from slavery or confinement) <the animal rightists snuck into the laboratory in the middle of the night to liberate all of the monkeys>

Synonyms discharge, disenthrall (also disenthral), emancipate, enfranchise, enlarge, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, release, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter

Related Words bail (out), deliver, parole, ransom, redeem, rescue, save; adrift, disembarrass, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, extricate; unshackle

Near Antonyms handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammel; commit, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, lock (up); conquer, enslave, subdue, subjugate

Antonyms bind, confine, enchain, fetter, restrain

2

to set free from entanglement or difficulty <we were liberated from our financial woes when we hit the grand prize in the lottery>

Synonyms clear, disembarrass, disengage, disentangle, free, liberate, release, untangle

Related Words deliver, redeem, rescue, save; disburden, disencumber, unburden; unravel, unsnarl, untie, untwine

Near Antonyms block, hamper, hinder, impede, obstruct; burden, encumber, load, weigh

Antonyms embroil, entangle