liberate

Verbs

  • (v) give equal rights to; of women and minorities emancipate,
  • (v) grant freedom to; free from confinement free, loose, unloose, unloosen, release,
  • (v) grant freedom to
    • The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university
    set free,
  • (v) release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition release, free,

Synonyms

emancipate free loose unloose unloosen release set free

Antonyms

detain confine

Words of close approximity

liberal
liberated