To release from slavery: to manumit. / To release from servitude or unjust rule. / To release from restraint or inhibition. / (chemistry) To release from chemical bonds or solutions.

Freed, especially from traditional ideas in social and sexual matters.

simple past tense and past participle of liberate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of liberate

(politics, informal, derogatory) The state of being a liberal (person with progressive or left-wing views), said as if it were due to a disease or affliction.

Relating to, or causing, liberation; freeing.

A surname.

(now rare outside set phrases) Pertaining to those arts and sciences the study of which is considered to provide general knowledge, as opposed to vocational/occupational, technical or mechanical training.

One with liberal views, supporting individual liberty (see Wikipedia's article on Liberalism). / (US) Someone with progressive or left-wing views; one with a left-wing ideology.

The quality of being liberal.