liberation
The act of liberating or the state of being liberatedThe act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
» The divorce felt like a liberation.
Die Scheidung kam einer Befreiung gleich.
Meaning
3 senses(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
(countable, euphemistic, ironic, uncountable)Synonym of conquest or theft.
(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
50 sentencesThe divorce felt like a liberation.
deDie Scheidung kam einer Befreiung gleich.
Sometimes death is liberation from pain.
ruИногда смерть — это освобождение от боли.
Is death the only way to liberation?
Mandela was a leader of the liberation front.
Algeria suffered a lot during the liberation war.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French libération, and from Latin liberatio, liberationem (“a freeingBorrowed 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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Forms
plural: liberations| Singular | liberation |
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Synonyms
11 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
18 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable