liberation

noun lib·er·a·tion \ ˌli-bə-ˈrā-shən \

|Updated on: 9 Jul 2018

Examples: liberation in a Sentence

1 : the act of liberating : the state of being liberated

2 : a movement seeking equal rights and status for a group

women's liberation

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liberationist

play \ˌli-bə-ˈrā-sh(ə-)nist\ noun

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Examples of liberation in a Sentence

The liberation of the city took weeks.
the liberation of the slaves was one of the key results of the Civil War

Recent Examples of liberation from the Web

That is the ultimate work of justice and liberation.

— david roberts, Vox, "Please don’t spank your kids," 3 July 2018
Hanson took students to peace rallies and demonstrations, exposed them to social programs for kids in Hartford, talked about women’s liberation and had his students canvass working class neighborhoods in nearby Putnam.

— anne m. hamilton, courant.com, "Extraordinary Life: A Passion For Women's Rights, Social Justice," 1 July 2018
In September 2017, King Salman announced that by today, Saudi women be allowed to obtain drivers’ license and hit the streets in a royal decree that was cheered as an important liberation for women.

— amanda arnold, The Cut, "Women in Saudi Arabia Legally Drive for the First Time Ever," 24 June 2018
Milk’s significance as a symbol of gay liberation has eclipsed the reality of the man—a political latecomer and rhetorical savant, whose compassion for the dispossessed vied with an avarice for publicity that sometimes drew him toward populism.

— naomi fry, The New Yorker, "Briefly Noted," 24 June 2018
Gena Turgel, a Holocaust survivor who comforted Anne Frank at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp before the young diarist’s death and the camp’s liberation a month later, died June 7.

— danica kirka, Washington Post, "Gena Turgel, Holocaust survivor who cared for Anne Frank, dies at 95," 14 June 2018
Sweden’s Icona Pop sang about finding liberation through partying.

— mikael wood, latimes.com, "Kim Petras embodied a night of celebration and frustration at L.A. Pride," 10 June 2018
If only the performers were allowed cut the faux liberation talk, rock the parade of wigs and vintage get-ups, and sing.

— andrea simakis, cleveland.com, "'The Royale,' inspired by boxer Jack Johnson, brings fight for freedom to stage (preview)," 13 May 2018
Like much of both artists’ recent work, the album makes liberal use of liberation aesthetics, often juxtaposed directly with riffs on bourgeois pursuits.

— hannah giorgis, The Atlantic, "Do Beyoncé Fans Have to Forgive Jay-Z?," 18 June 2018

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First Known Use of liberation

15th century

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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LIBERATION Defined for English Language Learners

liberation

noun

: the act or process of freeing someone or something from another's control : the act of liberating someone or something
: the removal of traditional social or sexual rules, attitudes, etc.