Definition of Liberate

Verb: liberate 'li-bu,reyt

Give equal rights to; of women and minorities
- emancipate
Grant freedom to; free from confinement
- free, release, unloose, unloosen, loose
Grant freedom to
"The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university";
- set free
(chemistry) release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
- release, free