liberate
/ˈlɪbəreɪt/·리버레이트·verb
to set free, especially from oppression
LatinCEFR B2
Root
Latin 'liberare' (to set free), from 'liber' (free)
Latin liber (free) → liberare (to set free) → liberatus → English liberate (17th c.)
In a word
Latin liberare = 'to make free'. The verb-forming -are added to liber. This is where the liber family becomes action — liberty (the state of being free), liberal (of free quality), liberate (the act of freeing), liberation (the event of freeing), liberator (one who frees). Liberation of Paris, of Gwangju, of an oppressed people — three different times and places, all calling on the same Latin verb when rendered in English.
Examples
Allied troops liberated the city in 1944.
The new policy will liberate small businesses.
Therapy helped her liberate buried feelings.
Related
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