liberating

verbgive freedom

Synonyms for liberating

verb give freedom

Antonyms for liberating

Word Origin & History

1620s, from Latin liberatus, past participle of liberare "set free," from liber "free" (see liberal). Meaning "to free an occupied territory from the enemy" (often used ironically) is from 1942. Related: Liberated; liberating.

Example Sentences for liberating

He was a fair linguist, this ancient survivor of the Liberating armies.

It was only after the bitterest struggle, that he determined on liberating his betrothed.

Let us trace, (say the Jacobins), the progress of this liberating operation.

Do not utter any exclamation of surprise; I have come in the hopes of liberating you!

The flight of Leland, under Providence, was really the means of liberating the negro.

There was no intention of liberating the Winchester convicts.

And how was the injustice of liberating the guilty mended by the torments of the innocent?

This accession to their wealth should be consecrated to the work of liberating their fellow-creatures.

The same motive was the reason of their liberating Dardanum.

It is a most regrettable little fling on the part of the "Liberating" Army.