liberation
noun
lib·er·a·tion
ˌli-bə-ˈrā-shən 
1
: the act of liberating : the state of being liberated
2
: a movement seeking equal rights and status for a group
women's liberation
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
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The country achieved independence in 1990, and SWAPO—originally a liberation movement—has dominated national and regional politics since.
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Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
Even the rare reference found in the 1973 edition of The Watchtower, the yearbook published by Rock Island Public High School in Illinois, only seemed to slip in because a small group of girls at the school established an official women’s liberation club at the school from 1973 to 1974.
—Literary Hub, 25 Nov. 2025
From the pains of war to the joy of liberation.
—John Lauritsen, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
The crucial role of the broomstick in the Wicked movies—and earlier Wizard of Oz stories—reflects a long history of women’s mobility being connected to perceptions of wickedness, as women reclaimed a tool of domestic labor to gain both physical and social liberation.
—Time, 21 Nov. 2025
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Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
Even the rare reference found in the 1973 edition of The Watchtower, the yearbook published by Rock Island Public High School in Illinois, only seemed to slip in because a small group of girls at the school established an official women’s liberation club at the school from 1973 to 1974.
—Literary Hub, 25 Nov. 2025
From the pains of war to the joy of liberation.
—John Lauritsen, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
The crucial role of the broomstick in the Wicked movies—and earlier Wizard of Oz stories—reflects a long history of women’s mobility being connected to perceptions of wickedness, as women reclaimed a tool of domestic labor to gain both physical and social liberation.
—Time, 21 Nov. 2025
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“Liberation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liberation. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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liberation
noun
lib·er·a·tion
ˌlib-ə-ˈrā-shən
1
: the act of liberating : the state of being liberated
2
: a movement seeking equal rights for a group
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