liberation
The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
Example
“The liberation of American slaves was accomplished by the Department of War, that of British slaves by the Exchequer.”
Other meanings
The achievement of equal rights and status, particularly as seen as freedom from historic and structural oppression.
“women's liberation... black liberation... gay liberation...”
Synonyms
- independence
- release
- freeing
Antonyms
- oppression
Related words
- antiliberation
- liberational
- liberationism
- liberationist
- nonliberation
- photoliberation
- postliberation
- preliberation
- pseudoliberation
- animal liberation
- black liberation
- gay liberation
Word history
From Latin "liberatio" (liberatio, liberationem).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “liberation” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.