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
The students at Venezuela's Central University were demanding the liberation of Venezuela's remaining political prisoners.
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Manuel Rueda, NPR, 10 Feb. 2026
After Denmark’s liberation in 1945, that judgment reversed.
—Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Because liberation worked out to be a competitive advantage.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
The Great Migration gave Black Americans a chance to start over without being brutalized for the pursuit of knowledge, liberation and self-expression, and the amount of talent and history in the room is staggering.
—Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
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Manuel Rueda, NPR, 10 Feb. 2026
After Denmark’s liberation in 1945, that judgment reversed.
—Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Because liberation worked out to be a competitive advantage.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
The Great Migration gave Black Americans a chance to start over without being brutalized for the pursuit of knowledge, liberation and self-expression, and the amount of talent and history in the room is staggering.
—Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for liberation
emancipation
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Last year, the president used the occasion not to remember emancipation but to complain that America had too many holidays.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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Black History Month grew out of an effort to honor the most important people in the history of Black emancipation in the United States, according to the ASALH.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Liberation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liberation. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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