LIBERATE

v. 1 (set) free, release, set at liberty, disenthral, emancipate, manumit, deliver, enfranchise, (let) loose, let go, let out, let off When the enemy retreated, the army liberated the prisoners of war After her divorce, she felt like a liberated woman. 2 steal, pilfer, purloin, take, appropriate She was caught liberating some books from the library