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Liberate

To release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to free; to manumit; to disengage; as, to liberate a slave or prisoner; to liberate the mind from prejudice; to liberate gases.

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Manner of action 9

Affranchise 76% connected

To make free; to enfranchise.

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Bail 76% connected

A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.

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Emancipate 76% connected

To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: (a) To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child. (b) To set fr…

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Enfranchise 76% connected

To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power.

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Manumit 76% connected

To release from slavery; to liberate from personal bondage or servitude; to free, as a slave.

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Parole 76% connected

A word; an oral utterance.

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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Unchain 76% connected

To free from chains or slavery; to let loose.

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Unspell 76% connected

To break the power of (a spell); to release (a person) from the influence of a spell; to disenchant.

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Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Discharge 76% connected

To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

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Free 76% connected

Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclination…

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Generate 76% connected

To beget; to procreate; to propagate; to produce (a being similar to the parent); to engender; as, every animal generates its own species.

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Derivationally related 8

Liberation 74% connected

The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.

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Liberation 74% connected

The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.

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Liberator 74% connected

One who, or that which, liberates; a deliverer.

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Liberator 74% connected

One who, or that which, liberates; a deliverer.

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Liberty 74% connected

The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom; -- opposed to sla…

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Liberty 74% connected

The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom; -- opposed to sla…

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Release 74% connected

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

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Release 74% connected

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

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Emancipate 92% connected

To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: (a) To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child. (b) To set fr…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Free 92% connected

Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclination…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Loose 92% connected

Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Release 92% connected

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Unloose 92% connected

To make loose; to loosen; to set free.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Unloosen 92% connected

To loosen; to unloose.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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