liberations
Releases from bondage
Liberations is the plural of liberation—acts of freeing or being freed from confinement, oppression, or restriction.
The word appears in historical and political contexts: the liberations of Paris and Rome in 1944, colonial liberations across Africa.
It can also describe personal breakthroughs: small liberations from old habits.
Absence of constraint
- self-discoveryLearning one's true character
- healingRestoration of health
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- escapeFlight from captivity
breaking free · release · letting go · unburdening · transformation · boundaries · independence · growth
Freedom from external control
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- decolonizationEnding imperial control
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
self-determination · revolution · uprising · resistance · autonomy · overthrow · regime change · democratization
Guaranteed individual legal protections
- equalitySame status for all
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- abolitionFormal discontinuation of practice
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
desegregation · gay rights · feminism · reproductive rights · emancipation · justice · activism · reform
Profound spiritual awakening
- mokshaRelease from rebirth cycle
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
transcendence · release · satori · deliverance · redemption · ego death · dharma · bodhi
Deliverance from harm
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- deliveranceRescue from bondage
- exodusMass departure from somewhere
- resurrectionRevival from death
atonement · grace · promised land · jubilee · ransom · forgiveness · sanctuary · covenant
freedom
Absence of constraint
- self-discoveryLearning one's true character
- healingRestoration of health
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
breaking free · escape · release · letting go · unburdening · transformation · boundaries · independence · growth · empowerment
independence
Freedom from external control
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- decolonizationEnding imperial control
sovereignty · self-determination · revolution · uprising · resistance · autonomy · overthrow · regime change · democratization · self-rule
civil rights
Guaranteed individual legal protections
enfranchisement · desegregation · gay rights · feminism · reproductive rights · emancipation · justice · activism · reform · movements
enlightenment
Profound spiritual awakening
- mokshaRelease from rebirth cycle
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- salvationDeliverance from harm
awakening · transcendence · release · satori · deliverance · redemption · ego death · dharma · bodhi · self-realization
salvation
Deliverance from harm
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- deliveranceRescue from bondage
- exodusMass departure from somewhere
resurrection · atonement · grace · promised land · jubilee · ransom · forgiveness · sanctuary · covenant · diaspora
allied forces
Militaries united by agreement
invasion · troops · tanks · victory · surrender · concentration camps · POWs · armistice · counteroffensive · battles
- 1940sWWII, D-Day, Pearl Harbor, Normandy, VE Day
- historic momentsturning points, heroic act, triumphs, sacrifice, victories
- warfarebattle, combat, attack, war, armed conflict
- heroism talesepics, legends, myths, sagas, warrior tales
liberationsimprisonments
Confinements in custody
incarcerations · captivities · confinements · detentions · enslavements
liberationscaptures
Takes into custody
seizures · arrests · apprehensions · abductions · kidnappings
liberationssuppressions
Acts of forcibly subduing
oppressions · subjugations · repressions · dominations · enslavements
- 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