liberation

Plural: liberations

Noun

• the act of liberating someone or something
• the attempt to achieve equal rights or status
  • "she worked for women's liberation"
• the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
• The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
• Synonym of conquest or theft.
• The achievement of equal rights and status, particularly as seen as freedom from historic and structural oppression.

Examples

• The liberation of American slaves was accomplished by the Department of War, that of British slaves by the Exchequer.
• women's liberation... black liberation... gay liberation...

Synonyms

discharge, dismissal, dismission, firing, freeing, release, sack, sacking, conquest or theft, emancipation, independence

Antonyms

enslavement, oppression

Related Words

liberate