Translate liberate | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of liberate
verb
[with object] set (someone) free from a situation, especially imprisonment or slavery, in which their liberty is severely restricted:the serfs had been liberated free (a country, city, or people) from enemy occupation:twelve months earlier Paris had been liberated release (someone) from a state or situation that limits freedom of thought or behavior:the use of computers can liberate students from the constraints of disabilities (as adjective liberating)the arts can have a liberating effect on people free (someone) from rigid social conventions, especially those concerned with accepted sexual roles:ways of working politically that liberate women informal steal (something):the drummer’s wearing a beret he’s liberated from Lord knows where Chemistry &
Physics release (gas, energy, etc.) as a result of chemical reaction or physical decomposition:energy liberated by the annihilation of matter
