| v. t. | 1. | To release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to free; to manumit; to disengage; |
| Verb | 1. | liberate - give equal rights to; of women and minorities Synonyms: emancipate |
| 2. | liberate - grant freedom to; free from confinement | |
| 3. | liberate - grant freedom to; "The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university" Synonyms: set free |
LIBERATE, English practice. A writ which issues on lands, tenements, and chattels, being returned under an extent on a statute staple, commanding the sheriff to deliver them to the plaintiff, by the extent and appraisement mentioned in the writ of extent, and in the sheriff's return thereto. See Com dig. Statute Staple, D 6.
affranchise, appropriate, cast off, clear, detach, disburden, discharge, disembarrass, disembroil, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, disenthrall, disinvolve, doff, ease, enfranchise, extract, extricate, free up, let loose, let off, let out, loosen, manumit, pilfer, purloin, ransom, recover, redeem, remove, rescue, retrieve, salvage, save, set at large, set at liberty, set free, steal, take, take off, unbar, unbind, unbolt, unbuckle, unbutton, unchain, unclasp, unclutter, undo, unfasten, unfetter, unglue, unlace, unlatch, unleash, unlock, unloose, unloosen, unscramble, unshackle, unsnarl, unstick, unstrap, untangle, untie, weigh anchor