sets free
- liberatesSets free from captivity
- releasesLets go or publishes
- unleashesReleases from restraint
- unchainsRemoves shackles from
- unshacklesRemoves restraining devices
emancipates · rescues · delivers · pardons · unbinds · loosens · escapes · breaks out · unlocks · opens · untethers · saves · redeems · absolves · acquits · discharges · clears · exonerates
liberty/confinement
sets freeimprisons
Confines as punishment
captures · incarcerates · confines · detains · jails
emotional/psychological liberation
sets freeburdens
Weighty obligations borne
oppresses · weighs down · constrains · suppresses · represses