liberated

/ ˈlɪbəˌreɪtɪd /

adjective

1. given liberty; freed; released

2. released from occupation or subjugation by a foreign power

3. (esp in feminist theory) not bound by traditional sexual and social roles

Example Sentences

He was working in his grandparents' shop in the capital's Namdaemun market when Korea was liberated from Japanese rule in 1945.

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With the Allied victory drawing near, her lawyer was confident that even a guilty verdict would be meaningless, as Senesh would be freed as soon as Budapest was liberated.

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Either way, the typewriter eventually became known as “the machine that liberated the American woman.”

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In December 1944 Stein and Toklas returned to a liberated Paris.

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After being liberated by the British army in May 1945, Mr Goldberg and his mother moved to the UK the following year to be reunited with his father who escaped just before the war began.

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Related Words

• able 
• at large 
• clear 
• easy 
• independent 
• loose 
• open 
• unfettered 
• unrestricted