as in emancipation
the act of setting free from slavery
the liberation of the slaves was one of the key results of the Civil War
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Recent Examples of liberation
Chris traveled all across the continent telling stories in all kinds of countries, because Kwame Nkrumah would lend out his film unit to all these other liberation movements.
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Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2025
Personally, the scene where Mansu pulls out his tooth felt less like resignation and more like a strange liberation.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
And a lot of that dialogue on the show, especially between my character, Gloria, and Rob Reiner's character, Mike, her husband, were about women's liberation.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
As Avenged Sevenfold looks forward, Shadows is experiencing his own kind of liberation as an independent artist.
—Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2025
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Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2025
Personally, the scene where Mansu pulls out his tooth felt less like resignation and more like a strange liberation.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
And a lot of that dialogue on the show, especially between my character, Gloria, and Rob Reiner's character, Mike, her husband, were about women's liberation.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
As Avenged Sevenfold looks forward, Shadows is experiencing his own kind of liberation as an independent artist.
—Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for liberation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for liberation
emancipation
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Through these dual histories, photography emerges as both a tool of domination and a medium of emancipation.—
PhotoVogue,
Vogue,
25 Oct. 2025
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In many ways, this was going to be Virginia Giuffre’s emancipation.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Liberation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liberation. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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