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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See below for more images of one of the greatest figures in our lifetimes, who exemplified the beauty and love in liberation.
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Essence, 26 Sep. 2025
Now 46, Wray has unlocked the sort of creative liberation that artists with decades-long tenures can often struggle to reach.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
Eventually led by the famous general Toussaint Louverture, who, like Christophe, had previously been enslaved, the freedom fighters demanded immediate liberation.
—Marlene L. Daut
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
The Feminist lives among women and adopts a rhetoric of feminine liberation.
—Robert Rubsam, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
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Essence, 26 Sep. 2025
Now 46, Wray has unlocked the sort of creative liberation that artists with decades-long tenures can often struggle to reach.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
Eventually led by the famous general Toussaint Louverture, who, like Christophe, had previously been enslaved, the freedom fighters demanded immediate liberation.
—Marlene L. Daut
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
The Feminist lives among women and adopts a rhetoric of feminine liberation.
—Robert Rubsam, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for liberation
emancipation
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One answer was to build a Jewish state; the other, to fight for the emancipation of all oppressed people through universalist, often left-wing, politics.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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At most, a slaveholder might deserve just compensation for the loss of his slave property—an issue that could be litigated in court after the fact of immediate emancipation.—
Akhil Reed Amar,
Time,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Liberation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liberation. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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