Dictionary Definition
liberation
Noun
2 the attempt to achieve equal rights or status;
"she worked for women's liberation"
3 the termination of someone's employment
(leaving them free to depart) [syn: dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, release, sack, sacking]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
Noun
liberation- The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- The process of striving to achieve equal rights and status.
Translations
The act of liberating or the state of being
liberated
- Czech: osvobození
- German: Befreiung
The process of striving to achieve equal rights
and status
- ttbc Armenian: ազատություն (azatut‘yun)
Extensive Definition
Liberation may refer to:
- Liberty, the condition in which an individual has the ability to act according to his or her own will
Religion
- Moksha
- Nirvana Buddhism
- Enlightenment, the acquisition of new wisdom or understanding enabling clarity of perception
- Liberation theology, a school of theology within the Catholic Church
- Moksa Jainism
Publications
- Libération, a French newspaper
- Libération (Morocco), a Moroccan francophone newspaper
- Oslobođenje, a Bosnian newspaper
- An American pacifist magazine founded by A.J. Muste
Music
Albums
Songs
- "Liberate" (song), by Disturbed
- A song by Mike Oldfield on his album The Millennium Bell
- A song by Outkast featuring Cee-Lo on their album Aquemini
- A song by the Pet Shop Boys on their album Very
- A song by Slipknot on their album Slipknot
Record labels
- Liberation Records, an American record label
- Liberation Music, an Australian record label
Computer and software related
- Liberation fonts, collective name of three TrueType font families: Liberation Sans, Liberation Serif and Liberation Mono.
- Liberation: Captive 2, a computer game for the Amiga CD32
- Killzone: Liberation, the PlayStation Portable sequel to the PlayStation 2 game Killzone
See also
liberation in Spanish: Libération
liberation in French: Libération
liberation in Polish: Liberation
liberation in Russian: Liberation
liberation in Slovak: Oslobodenie
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abstraction, annexation, appropriation, boosting, break, breakout, broad-mindedness,
conversion, conveyance, deliverance, delivery, emancipation, embezzlement, emergence, enfranchisement,
enfranchising,
escape, escapism, evasion, extrication, filching, flight, fraud, free thought, freeing, freethinking, getaway, graft, issuance, issue, jailbreak, latitudinarianism,
leak, leakage, liberalism, libertarianism, libertinism, lifesaving, lifting, loosing, open-mindedness,
outlet, pilferage, pilfering, pinching, poaching, prisonbreak, ransom, recovery, redemption, release, releasing, rescue, rescuing, retrieval, riddance, salvage, salvation, saving, scrounging, setting-free,
shoplifting,
snatching, sneak
thievery, snitching,
stealage, stealing, swindle, swiping, theft, thievery, thieving, tolerance, toleration, unbigotedness, unchaining, unfettering, unshackling, vent