Entry Word: liberation

Function: noun

Meaning: the act of setting free from slavery <the liberation of the slaves was one of the key results of the Civil War>

Synonyms emancipation, enfranchisement, freeing, manumission

Related Words deliverance, redemption, salvation; autonomy, freedom, independence, liberty, self-government, sovereignty

Near Antonyms bondage, serfdom, servitude, thralldom (or thraldom), yoke; captivity, enchainment, imprisonment, incarceration; conquest, subjugation

Antonyms enslavement