liberate Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Lib"er*ate transitive verb
Etymology
L. liberatus, p. p. of liberare to free, fr. liber free. See Liberal, a., and cf. Deliver.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Liberated ; present participle & verbal noun Liberating
Definitions
  1. To release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to free; to manumit; to disengage; as, to liberate a slave or prisoner; to liberate the mind from prejudice; to liberate gases. Syn. -- To deliver; free; release. See Deliver.

Webster 1913