liberation
Pronunciation: /ˌlɪbəˈɹeɪʃən/
The English word “liberation” has 3 meanings listed here.
noun
- The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- Synonym of conquest or theft.
- The achievement of equal rights and status, particularly as seen as freedom from historic and structural oppression.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French libération, and from Latin liberatio, liberationem (“a freeing”), from liberare past participle liberatus (“set free”); see liberate. By surface analysis, liberate + -ion.
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More English words
- liberated
- liberatedness
- liberating
- liberatingly
- Liberation Day
- liberation day
- liberation theology
- liberational
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