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Liberate

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbOften followed by from: to allow or cause (someone or something) to be free; to set free, to release. To free (someone or something) from discriminatory or oppressive attitudes, inhibition, or restraint.
"You need to free your mind and liberate yourself from prejudice.; Since the reaction liberates a large amount of chlorine gas, a powerful ventilation system is recommended."
2.VerbTo free (someone or something) from discriminatory or oppressive attitudes, inhibition, or restraint.
"You need to free your mind and liberate yourself from prejudice."
3.VerbTo release (someone) from slavery; to manumit.
4.VerbTo free (a place such as a country, or the residents thereof) from an occupying force, or from oppression such as unjust rule.
5.VerbTo cause (energy or a substance) to be released through a chemical reaction or physical decomposition.
"Since the reaction liberates a large amount of chlorine gas, a powerful ventilation system is recommended."
6.VerbTo take (property belonging to someone else) by force or theft; to loot, to rob, to steal.
"We didn’t need IDs. We just liberated these beers from the back of the shop."
7.VerbObsolete form of liberated (past participle of liberate).
8.AdjectiveFreed, released; free.
9.NounA writ issued out of the Chancery to authorize the Exchequer to pay a debt, pension, etc., on behalf of the Crown.
10.NounA writ issued to a jailer to release a prisoner on bail.
11.NounA writ issued to a sheriff to release property (goods or land) from their custody.
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