I. ˌlibəˈrāshən noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English liberacion, from Latin liberation-, liberatio, from liberatus + -ion, -io -ion
: the act of liberating or the state of being liberated
eliminated affectation and propaganda from her work … results of this liberation give to these poems of her last decade a variety, spontaneity, and depth — R.S.Hillyer
the slow oxidation … with the liberation of appreciable quantities of iodine — W.H.Dowdeswell
complete liberation of the mind from what is nonmental — Samuel Alexander
specifically : the act of freeing from control or domination by a foreign power or the state of being freed from such power
the struggle for the liberation of France in the early 1940's — Current Biography
II. noun
: a movement seeking equal rights and status for a group
women's liberation