Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.

    The liberation of American slaves was accomplished by the Department of War, that of British slaves by the Exchequer.

    Befreiung

    освобожде́ниеosvoboždénije

    визво́ленняvyzvólennja, зві́льненняzvílʹnennja

    the act of liberating someone or something

  2. (countable, euphemistic, ironic, uncountable)Synonym of conquest or theft.

  3. (countable, uncountable)The achievement of equal rights and status, particularly as seen as freedom from historic and structural oppression.

    women's liberation... black liberation... gay liberation...

    the attempt to achieve equal rights or status

Examples

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  1. The divorce felt like a liberation.

    deDie Scheidung kam einer Befreiung gleich.

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  2. Sometimes death is liberation from pain.

    ruИногда смерть — это освобождение от боли.

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  3. Is death the only way to liberation?

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  4. Mandela was a leader of the liberation front.

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  5. Algeria suffered a lot during the liberation war.

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Translations

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Русский
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act of liberating or the state of being liberated:
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act of liberating or the state of being liberated:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French libération, and from Latin liberatio, liberationem (“a freeing

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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