1. Grant freedom to; free from confinement
   "The activists worked to liberate the political prisoners";
   - free, release, unloose, unloosen, loose
    
2. Grant freedom to
   "The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university";
   - set free
    
3. Give equal rights to; of women and minorities
   "The civil rights movement sought to liberate African Americans";
   - emancipate
    
4. (chemistry) release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
   "The experiment liberated hydrogen gas";
   - release, free

Derived forms: liberated, liberates, liberating

Type of: alter, bring forth, change, change state, discharge, free, generate, modify, turn

Encyclopedia: Liberate