liberation

B1 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˌlɪbəˈɹeɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #9308

Meanings

1

noun
The act of setting someone or something free, or the state of being free.

The liberation of the prisoners brought joy to their families.
2

noun
The process of gaining equal rights and freedom from oppression.

They devoted their lives to the women's liberation movement.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the act of setting someone... freeing

More emancipation independence

Opposites

enslavement oppression

Word family

Forms liberations

Derived forms antiliberationliberationalliberationismliberationistnonliberationphotoliberationpostliberationpreliberationpseudo-liberationpseudoliberation

Related forms liberate

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liberation theology
a Christian approach to theology emphasizing social justice and freedom from oppression

Noun + noun

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.

*h₁lewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European libération Middle French liberatio Latin

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# liberation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌlɪbəˈɹeɪʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 9308

## Meanings
1. The act of setting someone or something free, or the state of being free.
2. The process of gaining equal rights and freedom from oppression.

## Examples
- The liberation of the prisoners brought joy to their families.
- They devoted their lives to the women's liberation movement.

## Synonyms
- emancipation
- independence

## Antonyms
- enslavement
- oppression

## Derived Forms
- antiliberation
- liberational
- liberationism
- liberationist
- nonliberation
- photoliberation
- postliberation
- preliberation
- pseudo-liberation
- pseudoliberation

## Related Forms
- liberate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₁lewdʰ-
- Root: libération
- Root: liberatio

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Liberation is 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. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. The historical line also includes *h₁lewdʰ-.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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