liberation
Syllables: li·ber·a·tion/ˌlɪbəˈɹeɪʃən/
liberation noun: the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
Noun
liberation (countable and uncountable, plural liberations)
- 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.
- People saw in the elders, who were closer to death, the manifestation of the divine force that was thought to achieve its full liberation at death.1995, Julius Evola, “The Two Paths in the Afterlife”, in Guido Stucco, transl., Revolt against the Modern World, Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions International, translation of Rivolta contro il...
- Synonym of conquest or theft.
- Synonyms:
- conquest or theft
- The achievement of equal rights and status, particularly as seen as freedom from historic and structural oppression.
- women's liberation... black liberation... gay liberation...
liberation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
liberation in Hindi
- act of liberating or the state of being liberated
- मुक्ति mukti, आज़ादी āzādī, रिहाई rihāī, मोक्ष mokṣ
liberation in Tamil
- தளை நீக்கம், விடுதலை, விடுவிப்பு, விமோசனம், விடுதல்
liberation in Marathi
- liberation, freedom
- मुक्ती muktī
liberation in Urdu
- liberation, independence
- حریت hurriyat
More languagesFewer languages
- liberation in Bengali
- মুক্তি mukti, আজাদী ajadi
- liberation in Telugu
- ముక్తి mukti
- liberation in Malayalam
- മുക്തി mukti, വിമോചനം vimōcanaṁ
- liberation in Kannada
- ವಿಮೋಚನೆ, ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಗೊಳಿಸುವಿಕೆ, ಬಂಧವಿಮುಕ್ತಿ, ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯ
- liberation in Punjabi
- ਅਜ਼ਾਦੀ azādī, ਲਿਬ੍ਰੇਸ਼ਨ libreśan, ਰਿਹਾਈ rihāī, ਮੁਕਤੀ muktī
- liberation in Gujarati
- મુક્તિ mukti
- liberation in Odia
- ମୁକ୍ତି mukti
- liberation in Sanskrit
- मोक्ष mokṣa, मुक्ति mukti
- liberation in Arabic
- تَحْرِير taḥrīr
- liberation in Malay
- pembebasan
- liberation in Persian
- رهایی rahâyi, تحریر tahrir
- liberation in Thai
- การปลดปล่อย gaan-bplòt-bplɔ̀i
- liberation in Vietnamese
- giải phóng, sự giải phóng
Examples of liberation in a sentence
- Protagonists in social struggles, national liberation movements, and campaigns for citizens' rights, they invariably founded totalitarian, oppressive, and liberticidal regimes.
- Anything that represents itself as a method of liberation, and yet promotes that which leads to the opposite of liberation is adharmic.
- The proposed liberation of our largely undeveloped economy goes too far — the resulting foreign dominance of our markets would make us a heterarchy.
Synonyms of liberation
- conquest or theft
- emancipation
- independence
Antonyms
Forms of liberation
| plural | liberations |
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Origin of liberation
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.
Words formed from liberation
- animal liberation
- antiliberation
- black liberation
- gay liberation
- liberational
- liberation day
- liberationism
- liberationist
- liberation theology
- male liberation
- nonliberation
- photoliberation
- postliberation
- preliberation
- pseudoliberation
- pseudo-liberation
- queer liberation
- war of liberation
- women's liberation
Phrases with liberation
Words that rhyme with liberation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about liberation
- What does liberation mean?
- Liberation means the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- What is liberation in Hindi?
- Liberation in Hindi is मुक्ति (mukti), आज़ादी (āzādī), रिहाई (rihāī). See Liberation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is liberation?
- Liberation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce liberation?
- Liberation is pronounced /ˌlɪbəˈɹeɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of liberation?
- The plural of liberation is liberations.
Words near liberation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: liberation (page history and authors); liberation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); मुक्ती (Marathi) (page history and authors); حریت (Urdu) (page history and authors); liberation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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