liberation
noun
the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
liberations
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pluralof liberation.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Indigenous communities - many disenchanted by years of unmet government promises - have long histories of occupations, which they call liberations.
From Reuters ● Sep. 30, 2022
And, come to think of it, are the “light” and the “white gleam” in those lyrics actual liberations or symbols of a colonized consciousness?
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 26, 2019
“Notre-Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicenter of our lives,” he said.
From Fox News ● Apr. 16, 2019
“The place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicenter of our lives.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2019
I think I speak accurately when I say, that hitherto every sacrifice for the emancipation of slaves has been made by Southern men; and many hundred thousand dollars have been expended in such liberations.
From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by E. N. Elliott
