adj.
Function: verb
to relieve from constraint or restraint FF1C; free an oppressed people FF1E;
Synonyms: discharge, disenthrall, disimprison, emancipate, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, redeem, release, ||spring, unbind, unchain, unshackle
Related Words: clear, detach, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, extricate; deliver, ransom, redeem, rescue; affranchise, enfranchise
Idioms: cut loose
Contrasted Words: fetter, hamper, hog-tie, manacle, shackle, trammel; immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail; circumscribe, confine, limit, restrict; curb, inhibit, restrain; enslave, enthrall, subjugate