liberation

See also: libération

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French libération, and from Latin liberatio, liberationem (“a freeing”), from liberare past participle liberatus (“set free”); see liberate.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

liberation (countable and uncountable, plural liberations)

1. The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
2. The achievement of equal rights and status.

Synonyms

• emancipation, independence

Antonyms

• enslavement, oppression

Derived terms

• animal liberation
• Black liberation
• gay liberation
• liberation theology
• male liberation
• pseudo-liberation
• queer liberation
• women's liberation

 

Related terms

• liberate

Translations

act of liberating or the state of being liberated

• Albanian: çlirim (sq) m
• Arabic: تَحْرِير‎ m (taḥrīr)
• Armenian: ազատագրում (hy) (azatagrum), ազատում (hy) (azatum)
• Belarusian: вызвале́нне n (vyzvaljénnje)
• Bengali: মুক্তি (bn) (mukti), আজাদী (bn) (ajadi)
• Bulgarian: освобожде́ние (bg) n (osvoboždénie)
• Catalan: alliberament (ca) m, alliberació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 解放 (zh) (jiěfàng)

• Czech: osvobození (cs) n
• Danish: befrielse c, frigørelse c
• Dutch: bevrijding (nl) f
• Esperanto: liberigo
• Estonian: vabastamine
• Finnish: vapautus (fi)
• French: libération (fr) f
• Georgian: განთავისუფლება (ka) (gantavisupleba)
• German: Befreiung (de) f
• Gujarati: મુક્તિ (mukti)
• Hebrew: שִׁחְרוּר‎ (he) m (shikhrúr)
• Hindi: मुक्ति (hi) f (mukti), आज़ादी (hi) f (āzādī), रिहाई (hi) f (rihāī), मोक्ष (hi) m (mokṣ)
• Hungarian: felszabadítás (hu)
• Irish: saoradh m
• Italian: liberazione (it) f
• Japanese: 解放 (ja) (かいほう, kaihō)
• Kazakh: босату (bosatu)
• Korean: 해방(解放) (ko) (haebang)
• Lao: ການປົດປ່ອຍ (kān pot pǭi)
• Latin: līberātiō f
• Latvian: atbrīvošana f
• Lithuanian: išsivadavimas m
• Macedonian: ослободување n (osloboduvanje)
• Malay: pembebasan
• Malayalam: മുക്തി (ml) (mukti), വിമോചനം (ml) (vimōcanaṁ)
• Maltese: liberazzjoni f
• Maori: whakawāteatanga
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: чөлөөлөлт (čölöölölt), ангижрал (mn) (angižral)

• Ngazidja Comorian: mfunguo class 3/4
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: frigjøring (no) m or f, befrielse m

• Odia: ମୁକ୍ତି (or) (mukti)
• Persian: رهایی‎ (fa) (rahâyi), تحریر‎ (fa) (tahrir)
• Polish: wyzwolenie (pl) n, oswobodzenie n, uwolnienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: liberação (pt) f, libertação (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਅਜ਼ਾਦੀ (pa) (azādī), ਲਿਬ੍ਰੇਸ਼ਨ (libreśan), ਰਿਹਾਈ (rihāī), ਮੁਕਤੀ (muktī)
• Romanian: liberație f
• Russian: освобожде́ние (ru) n (osvoboždénije)
• Sanskrit: मोक्ष (sa) m (mokṣa), मुक्ति (sa) f (mukti)
• Scottish Gaelic: saoradh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ослобође́ње n

  Roman: oslobođénje (sh) n

• Slovak: oslobodenie n
• Spanish: liberación (es) f
• Swedish: befrielse (sv) c, frigörelse (sv) c
• Telugu: ముక్తి (te) (mukti)
• Thai: การปลดปล่อย (th) (gaan-bplòt-bplɔ̀i)
• Turkish: liberasyon (tr), özgürleştirme (tr), kurtuluş (tr)
• Ukrainian: визво́лення n (vyzvólennja), зві́льнення n (zvílʹnennja)
• Vietnamese: giải phóng (vi) (解放 (vi)), sự giải phóng (vi)
• Yiddish: באַפֿרײַונג‎ f (bafrayung)

achievement of equal rights and status

• Bengali: আজাদী (bn) (ajadi)
• Hungarian: felszabadítás (hu)
• Italian: emancipazione (it) f
• Maltese: liberazzjoni f
• Scottish Gaelic: saoradh m

References

• “liberation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• liberation in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• "liberation" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 181.
• “liberation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “liberation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• libationer