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liberation

  (lĭb'ə-rā'shən) pronunciation
n.
  1. The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
  2. The act or process of trying to achieve equal rights and status.
liberationist lib'er·a'tion·ist n.
 
 
Thesaurus: liberation

noun

    The state of not being in confinement or servitude: emancipation, freedom, liberty, manumission. See free/unfree.

 
Antonyms: liberation

n

Definition: freedom, equality
Antonyms: oppression

n

Definition: freeing
Antonyms: confinement, slavery, subjugation


 
WordNet: liberation
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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: the act of liberating someone or something
  Synonyms: release, freeing

Meaning #2: the attempt to achieve equal rights or status

Meaning #3: the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
  Synonyms: dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, release, sack, sacking


 
Wikipedia: liberation (disambiguation)

Liberation is based on the word liberty, related to the word liberal, and it is often understood as "to be freed (or change) from not having freedom to having freedom". A major use of the word is the act of the (forcible) removal of unwanted control of an area, person or people by an outside (sometimes military) force. Some have used the term to refer to the removal of sexual inhibitions.

In Ghana, Togo and Benin, the term "liberation" has been used to refer to the winning of freedom for shrine slaves that had been held in ritual servitude. The kind of liberation has been achieved through the intervention of NGO's because in 1998 the practice of ritual servitude was made illegal and punishable by a mandatory three years imprisonment, but the practice continued. NGO's were able to negotiate community-wide agreements to end the practice and free the shrine slaves in many places, but involuntary servitude still continues in other shrines.

Other meanings:

Media

Music and media

Computer games

Websites

  • VeryLiberating.com - A place where people are asked to submit their own secrets/photos anonymously. Over 31,000 of these "Liberations" have been submitted to date.

Religion

  • Liberation in eastern religions, another word for enlightenment or moksha (also called mukti).
  • In Christianity, liberation theology is a school of theology that focuses on Jesus Christ as not only the Redeemer but also the Liberator of the Oppressed.

Movements

War

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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Thesaurus. Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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