liberating

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liberating - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  liberating \liberating\ adj.
     giving freedom from restriction or restraint.
  
     Syn: emancipating, emancipative, freeing.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

  Liberate \Lib"er*ate\ (-[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Liberated
     (-[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Liberating
     (-[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. liberatus, p. p. of liberare to free,
     fr. liber free. See Liberal, a., and cf. Deliver.]
     To release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to
     free; to manumit; to disengage; as, to liberate a slave or
     prisoner; to liberate the mind from prejudice; to liberate
     gases.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To deliver; free; release. See Deliver.
          [1913 Webster]