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liberation Definition

lib·era·tion (lib′ər ā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. a liberating or being liberated
  2. ☆ the securing of equal social and economic rights women's liberation movement

liberation Related Forms

lib′·era′·tion·ist noun

liberation Synonyms

liberation

n.

  1. Emancipation

    rescue, freedom, deliverance; see freeing.

  2. Release; said of chemicals

    freeing, separation, displacement, hydrolysis, diffusion, sublimation, distillation, breaking ionic bonding, breaking covalent bonding, evaporation, osmosis, breakdown of organic compounds, breakdown of inorganic compounds, splitting of molecular structure, dividing of molecular structure.

liberation Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • humanity: Our movement today is fighting not just for equality with men but for the liberation of all humanity.
  • camp: After the liberation of the concentration camps, the world said ' never again ' .
  • slave: These inscriptions are mainly concerned with the liberation of slaves.

Preposition: from

  • tyranny: The entire Yadav people began to pray for liberation from the tyranny of Kansa.
  • oppression: The Persians and their Subjects In general the Persians represent their conquests of foreign peoples as liberation from previous oppression.
  • slavery: And likewise in all the countries of the East which form the arena for the national struggle for liberation from colonial slavery.
  • suffering: He too answers affirmatively, citing as criteria " the healing of homophobia " and " liberation from suffering.

Converse of object

  • attain: The second part of the course will be held at Buddha Land Center in Keighley and will explain the actual method to attain liberation.
  • commemorate: It commemorates the liberation of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery.

Adjective modifier

  • allied: This existence obviously became even more uneasy after the Allied liberation of Paris.
  • gay: CW: The whole idea of gay liberation is tied up with revolution.
  • sexual: Evolution is not the child of science, it is child of sexual liberation.
  • national: National liberation The backbone of the movement against British occupation was made up of ordinary people.
  • spiritual: Buddhists are often described as atheists, because their discipline of spiritual liberation is wholly unconnected with any belief in divine agency.

Modifies a noun

  • theology: What aspects of liberation theology still seem relevant to you?
  • theologian: Black liberation theologians argue that their people have suffered oppression at the hands of racist whites.
  • struggle: Overall, Zambia paid a heavy price for its support of the liberation struggle in southern Africa.
  • movement: We will continue to support the liberation movements of Southern Africa.
  • fighter: In addition another 300,000 Vietnamese liberation fighters and 2,211 US soldiers were missing in action.
  • activist: The Man & the Animal Liberation Activist For me there was no distinction between Barry the man and Barry the animal liberation activist.