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freeing

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of freeing

the act of setting free from slavery
  • a human rights group that works tirelessly for the freeing of political prisoners all over the world
Synonyms of freeing

emancipation, enfranchisement, liberation, manumission
Words Related to freeing

deliverance, redemption, salvation

autonomy, freedom, independence, independency, liberty, self-government, sovereignty (also sovranty)
Near Antonyms of freeing

bondage, serfdom, servitude, thralldom (or thraldom), yoke

captivity, enchainment, imprisonment, incarceration, internment

conquest, subjugation
Antonyms of freeing

enslavement

freeing

verb , present participle of free

Synonyms and Antonyms of freeing

1 to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
  • a global crusade to free Nelson Mandela from a South African prison had emerged
Synonyms of freeing

discharging, disenthralling (also disenthraling), emancipating, enfranchising, enlarging, liberating, loosening, loosing, manumitting, releasing, springing, unbinding, uncaging, unchaining, unfettering
Words Related to freeing

bailing (out), delivering, paroling, ransoming, redeeming, rescuing, saving

disembarrassing, disencumbering, disengaging, disentangling, extricating

unshackling
Phrases Synonymous with freeing

turning loose
Near Antonyms of freeing

handcuffing, manacling, shackling, trammeling (or trammelling)

committing, immuring, imprisoning, incarcerating, interning, jailing, locking (up)

conquering, enslaving, subduing, subjugating
Antonyms of freeing

binding, confining, enchaining, fettering, restraining
2 to make passage through (something) possible by removing obstructions
  • we'll free the river by breaking up the ice jam
Synonyms of freeing

clearing, opening, unclogging, unplugging, unstopping
Words Related to freeing

easing, facilitating, loosening (up), smoothing
Near Antonyms of freeing

constricting, encumbering, hampering, hindering, impeding, interfering (with), obstructing, trammeling (or trammelling)

barricading, blockading
Antonyms of freeing

blocking, clogging (up), closing, damming (up), plugging (up), stopping
3 to rid the surface of (as an area) from things in the way
  • would you mind freeing up the work area so I can work?
Synonyms of freeing

clearing, opening, unblocking
Words Related to freeing

easing, facilitating, loosening (up), smoothing, unchoking, unclogging, unplugging, unstopping

uncluttering

stripping
Near Antonyms of freeing

clogging, closing, damming, obstructing, plugging, stopping

cluttering (up)
Antonyms of freeing

blocking
4 to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers
  • a phone call would free your parents from worry
Synonyms of freeing

clearing, disburdening, disencumbering, divesting, relieving, ridding, unburdening
Words Related to freeing

discharging, emancipating, enfranchising, liberating, loosening, loosing, manumitting, releasing, springing, unbinding, uncaging, unchaining, unfettering

bailing (out), delivering, redeeming, rescuing

disengaging, disentangling, extricating
Near Antonyms of freeing

bogging (down), fettering, hampering, restraining, shackling, subjecting, weighing down, weighting (down)
Antonyms of freeing

burdening, encumbering, saddling
5 to set free from entanglement or difficulty
  • this plan should free us from debt
Synonyms of freeing

clearing, disembarrassing, disengaging, disentangling, extricating, liberating, releasing, untangling
Words Related to freeing

delivering, redeeming, rescuing, saving

disburdening, disencumbering, unburdening

unraveling, unsnarling, untwining, untying (or untieing)
Phrases Synonymous with freeing

cutting loose
Near Antonyms of freeing

blocking, hampering, hindering, impeding, obstructing

burdening, encumbering, loading, weighing
Antonyms of freeing

embroiling, entangling

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