Liberating

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  liberating \liberating\ adj.
     giving freedom from restriction or restraint.
  
     Syn: emancipating, emancipative, freeing.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To deliver; free; release. See {Deliver}.
          [1913 Webster]