liberate

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. verb give equal rights to; of women and minorities
  2. verb grant freedom to; free from confinement
  3. verb grant freedom to

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin līberātus, the perfect passive participle of līberō (“to set free, deliver”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from līber (“free”); see liberal.

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Synonyms

emancipate

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