liberation

[ lib-uh-rey-shuhn ]

/ ˌlɪb əˈreɪ ʃən /

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noun

the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.

the act or fact of gaining equal rights or full social or economic opportunities for a particular group.

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Origin of liberation

1400–50; late Middle English <Latin līberātiōn- (stem of līberātiō), equivalent to līberāt(us) (see liberate) + -iōn--ion

OTHER WORDS FROM liberation

lib·er·a·tion·ist, nounnon·lib·er·a·tion, nounpost·lib·er·a·tion, adjectivepre·lib·er·a·tion, noun

Words nearby liberation

Liberal party, liberal studies, Liberal Unionist, liberate, liberated, liberation, liberation theology, Liberator, Liberec, Liber Extra, Liberia

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How to use liberation in a sentence

For example, José María Morelos, leader of the independence movement, emerged as a symbol of liberation in 1810.
The problem of environmental racism in Mexico today is rooted in history|Jayson Porter|February 11, 2021|Washington Post
Researchers are at the beginning of what is expected to be a long effort, Jones wrote, including attempts to learn about the lives of the enslaved people in the Hopkins household, their lives after their liberation, and his views on abolition.
How one very old Census record spurred a reckoning at Johns Hopkins University|Susan Svrluga|December 25, 2020|Washington Post
After the liberation, the camp’s former prisoners hunted down their torturers with any weapons they could find, and American soldiers rarely tried to restrain them.
How Dachau’s American Liberator Protected Nazi POWs|Pallabi Munsi|November 11, 2020|Ozy
There’s this idea that we’re not ready for our own liberation, and I just reject that idea.
What the public is getting right — and wrong — about police abolition|Fabiola Cineas|October 30, 2020|Vox

Here, the event that sparks liberation is Moses’ witnessing of the oppression of the Israelites.
A Justification For Unrest? Look No Further Than The Bible And The Founding Fathers|LGBTQ-Editor|June 11, 2020|No Straight News
Ironically, as pope, his championing of the poor has given Liberation Theology a new lease on life.
How Pope Francis Became the World’s BFF|Jason Berry|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Clearly the liberation of Gross took place in the context of what might be called a “grand bargain.”
Obama Realizes What 10 Presidents Didn’t: Isolating Cuba Doesn’t Work|Christopher Dickey|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His deficiencies and self-doubts, amid his epochal mission of liberation, are precisely what make him interesting.
Meet Moses the Swashbuckling Israelite|James Romm|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Finally, I hope we can share concrete actions with those who attend, and want to help in the global LGBTI liberation struggle.
How Maurice Tomlinson Was Outed in Jamaica—and Forced Into Exile|Jay Michaelson|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Some believe that the promised liberation is a spiritual one.
During Advent, Lots of Waiting, But Not Enough Hope|Gene Robinson|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I leave Italy with a less sanguine hope of her speedy liberation than I brought into it.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
Violent people had been pressing around John, and the cause of spiritual liberation had suffered.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
But the very circumstances that facilitated the settling of the Spanish colonies were also likely to accelerate their liberation.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham
To remove a tyrant is an act of liberation, the giving of life and opportunity to an oppressed people.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman
"For the liberation of the king," originally levied during the captivity of King Ferdinand.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan

British Dictionary definitions for liberation

liberation

/ (ˌlɪbəˈreɪʃən) /

noun

a liberating or being liberated

the seeking of equal status or just treatment for or on behalf of any group believed to be discriminated againstwomen's liberation; animal liberation

Derived forms of liberation

liberationist, noun, adjective

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