See Also: liberation(medicine)
Liberation(finance)
liberation(dictionary)
liberation theology(encyclopedia)
liberation (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
LIBERATION, civil law(law)
People's Liberation Army(encyclopedia)
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)(encyclopedia)
National Liberation Front(encyclopedia)
Animal Liberation Front(dictionary)

liberation (iou)



liberation noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French liberation or Latin liberatio(n-), formed as LIBERATE verb: see -ATION.]
The action or an act of liberating someone or something or of setting someone free from bondage or oppression; the condition of being liberated.
Gay Liberation: see GAY adjective. Men's Liberation: see MAN noun. women's liberation: see WOMAN noun.
Comb.: Liberation Society a 19th-cent. society which campaigned for the disestablishment of the Church of England and the repeal of discriminatory legislation against Nonconformists; liberation theologian a person who teaches liberation theology; liberation theology a theory, originating among Latin American theologians, which interprets liberation from social, political, and economic oppression as an anticipation of eschatological salvation.
liberationism noun the principles or practice of liberationists L19.
liberationist noun (a) a sympathizer with the aims of the Liberation Society; (b) an advocate of women's liberation: M19.