liberation
/ˌlɪbəˈɹeɪʃən/
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Rare
Frequency: 3.91 in modern English
12
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10
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noun
The achievement of equal rights and status, particularly as seen as freedom from historic and structural oppression.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The liberation of American slaves was accomplished by the Department of War, that of British slaves by the Exchequer."
- "People saw in the elders, who were closer to death, the manifestation of the divine force that was thought to achieve its full liberation at death."
- "women's liberation... black liberation... gay liberation..."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French libération, and from Latin liberatio, liberationem (“a freeing”), from liberare past participle liberatus (“set free”); see liberate. By surface analysis, liberate + -ion.
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conquest or theft
emancipation
independence
release
freeing
dismissal
dismission
discharge
firing
sack
sacking