verb
grant freedom to
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The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university
• Syn: ↑liberate
• Derivationally related forms: ↑liberation (for: ↑liberate), ↑liberty (for: ↑liberate), ↑liberator (for: ↑liberate)
• Hyponyms: ↑affranchise, ↑enfranchise, ↑manumit, ↑emancipate, ↑decolonize, ↑decolonise
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody
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Something ——s somebody
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set free
To release, liberate
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Main Entry: ↑set
Useful english dictionary. 2012.