Hypertext Webster Gateway: "liberated"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Liberate \Lib"er*ate\ (-[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Liberated}
(-[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Liberating}
(-[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. liberatus, p. p. of liberare to free,
fr. liber free. See {Liberal}, a., and cf. {Deliver}.]
To release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to
free; to manumit; to disengage; as, to liberate a slave or
prisoner; to liberate the mind from prejudice; to liberate
gases.
Syn: To deliver; free; release. See {Deliver}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
liberated
adj 1: (of a gas e.g.) released from chemical combination
2: freed from bondage [syn: {emancipated}, {freed}]
3: free from traditional social restraints; "an emancipated
young woman pursuing her career"; "a liberated lifestyle"
[syn: {emancipated}]
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