English Explanatory Dictionary

liberation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
  2. Synonym of conquest or theft.
  3. The achievement of equal rights and status, particularly as seen as freedom from historic and structural oppression.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

liberation liberations

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French libération, and from Latin liberatio, liberationem (“a freeing”), from liberare past participle liberatus (“set free”); see liberate. Equivalent to liberate + -ion.

Synonyms

emancipation independence conquest or theft

Antonyms

enslavement oppression

Related words

liberate

Derived words

animal liberation antiliberation black liberation gay liberation liberational liberation day liberationism liberationist liberation theology male liberation nonliberation photoliberation postliberation preliberation pseudoliberation pseudo-liberation queer liberation war of liberation women's liberation
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