liberates
Sets them loose
Liberates is the third-person singular form of liberate, meaning to set free from confinement, oppression, or control.
A revolutionary army liberates a city; a therapy liberates someone from anxiety.
The word carries connotations of righteous action—whoever liberates is typically cast as a hero or savior.
In casual use, liberates can mean to take something without permission, with tongue-in-cheek justification: She liberated a few office supplies from the supply closet.
Release from legal bondage
- abolitionFormal discontinuation of practice
- manumissionFormal freeing of enslaved
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
civil rights · suffrage · equality · slavery · bondage · oppression · chains · shackles
Remove restraints from
- unbindTo release from bonds
- untieUndo a fastening
- unchainRemove restraining links
- unshackleRemove bonds from
unlock · release · extricate · disentangle · detach · loosen · free · rescue
Violent governmental overthrow
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- overthrowForcible removal from power
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
insurgency · coup · insurrection · independence · sovereignty · occupation · colonialism · tyranny
Remove a weight from
- releaseTo let go
- catharsisPurification through emotional expression
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- healingRestoration of health
therapy · repression · inhibition · constraint · guilt · shame · fear · anxiety
emancipation
Release from legal bondage
- abolitionFormal discontinuation of practice
- manumissionFormal freeing of enslaved
- freedomAbsence of constraint
enfranchisement · civil rights · suffrage · equality · slavery · bondage · oppression · chains · shackles · proclamation
unfetter
Remove restraints from
unshackle · unlock · release · extricate · disentangle · detach · loosen · free · rescue · unbolt
revolution
Violent governmental overthrow
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- overthrowForcible removal from power
resistance · insurgency · coup · insurrection · independence · sovereignty · occupation · colonialism · tyranny · oppression
unburden
Remove a weight from
- releaseTo let go
- catharsisPurification through emotional expression
- breakthroughSudden important advance
healing · therapy · repression · inhibition · constraint · guilt · shame · fear · anxiety · trauma
capture
Take into custody
invade · storm · seize · rescue · allied · troops · invasion · offensive · campaign · territory
liberatesenslaves
Forces into servitude
imprisons · subjugates · incarcerates · confines · shackles
- women's liberationMovement for female equality
- gay liberationMovement for LGBTQ rights
- liberation movementOrganized fight for autonomy
- women's liberation movementOrganized push for gender equality
- liberation armyMilitary seeking political freedom
- animal liberationAdvocacy ending species exploitation
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