as in emancipation
the act of setting free from slavery
the liberation of the slaves was one of the key results of the Civil War
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Recent Examples of liberation
May 24 marks the anniversary of the 1982 liberation of Khorramshahr, the southwestern city Saddam Hussein captured early in the war and Iranian forces retook after months of brutal urban combat.
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Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2026
Its war-like rhythms and relentless pulse give the work a vigorous sense of liberation.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 22 May 2026
The desire for immortality is really a desire for liberation from the claustrophobia of our own minds, not a physiological discovery about how to keep our bodies running longer.
—Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
And at the Broad, performers have been paired with songs reflecting Ono’s recurring themes of liberation, vulnerability, resistance and radical imagination.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 21 May 2026
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Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2026
Its war-like rhythms and relentless pulse give the work a vigorous sense of liberation.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 22 May 2026
The desire for immortality is really a desire for liberation from the claustrophobia of our own minds, not a physiological discovery about how to keep our bodies running longer.
—Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
And at the Broad, performers have been paired with songs reflecting Ono’s recurring themes of liberation, vulnerability, resistance and radical imagination.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 21 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for liberation
emancipation
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Such a short intervening space after emancipation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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The Black populations of France’s other colonies had to wait until 1848, when another revolution in Paris led to the passage of a second emancipation law – still 15 years in advance of Abraham Lincoln’s emancipation decree.—
Jeremy D. Popkin,
The Conversation,
28 May 2026
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“Liberation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liberation. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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