LIBERATION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of liberation in English

(Definition of liberation from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of liberation

liberation
No further liberations were made for nine weeks.
The process of national liberation is a process which has done much to form nations.
In this as in so many other respects, our story offers a marvellous liberation.
The broader tradition is a typically nationalist one, seeing national liberation through war as honourable and singularly justified.
The final emancipatory gesture of enlightenment thought would thus be its own liberation from itself, so that it is no longer recognizable as reason.
Our social liberation seems inversely proportional to the scale of the space we are occupying.
The expression used most frequendy is 'revolution of national liberation'.
Radical ideas on women's liberation were also pushed aside.
What is going to motivate individuals who are seeking personal liberation and are guided only by their sincerity to act out of concern for others ?
Many thus suffered from the violence of the liberation forces.
Her realization of her only partial liberation is directly associated with her interest in exploring the constraints of domesticity upon women.
The extensive chapter on abolition, for example, skims over modes of liberation, the roles of families and post-liberation livelihoods.
Takamure was initially active as an advocate of women's liberation.
Is that not a denial of the kind of liberations and justices for which we stand?
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Reference to a 'liberation fund' highlights the (relatively) privileged position of the coffee workers on the city's waterfront.
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Translations of liberation

in Chinese (Traditional)
解放, 解脫, 解放運動…
in Chinese (Simplified)
解放, 解脱, 解放运动…
in Spanish
liberación, liberación [feminine, singular]…
in Portuguese
liberação, libertação, libertação [feminine]…
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मुक्तता, स्वातंत्र्य, मुक्ती…
解放, 解放(かいほう)…
libération [feminine], libération…
serbest bırakma…
alliberament…
vrijlating, bevrijding…
ஏதாவது அல்லது யாரோ ஒருவர் விடுவிக்கப்பட்ட அல்லது விடுவிக்கப்படும் ஒரு சந்தர்ப்பம், சமூகத்தில் குறிப்பிட்ட குழுக்கள் அனுபவிக்கும் தீமைகளை அகற்றுவது தொடர்பான நடவடிக்கைகளைக் குறிக்கப் பயன்படுகிறது…
(किसी चीज़ या व्यक्ति का) विमुक्तिकरण, की आज़ादी, (समाज में किसी विशिष्ट समूहों की गतिविधियों का) विमुक्तिकरण…
મુક્તિ…
befrielse…
befrielse…
pembebasan…
die Befreiung…
frigjøring [masculine], befrielse, frigjøring…
آزادی, رہائی, آزادیٔ حقوق (سماجی بندھن اور بے جا پابندیوں سے آزادی)…
звільнення, визволення…
ఏదైనా లేదా ఎవరైనా విడుదల చేయబడిన లేదా స్వేచ్చగా వదిలివేయబడిన సందర్భం, సమాజంలోని నిర్దిష్ట సమూహాలు అనుభవించే ప్రతికూలతలను తొలగించడానికి సంబంధించిన కార్యకలాపాలను సూచించడానికి వాడేది…
تَحرير…
মুক্তি, স্বাধীনতা…
osvobození…
pembebasan…
การปล่อยให้เป็นอิสระ…
việc giải phóng dân tộc…
wyzwolenie…
해방…
liberazione…
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