| Main Entry: | liberate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give freedom |
Synonyms: |
bail one out, deliver, detach, discharge, disembarrass, emancipate, free, free up, get out from under, let loose, let out, loose, loosen, manumit, redeem, release, rescue, save, save one's neck, set free, unbind, unchain, unhook, unshackle |
Antonyms: |
hold back, limit, prevent, restrain |
| Main Entry: | absolve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | free from responsibility, duty |
Synonyms: |
acquit, bleach, blink at, clear, discharge, exculpate, excuse, exempt, exonerate, forgive, free, go easy on, launder, let off easy, let off the hook, let off, let up on, liberate, lifeboat, loose, pardon, release, relieve, sanitize, set free, spare, spring*, vindicate, whitewash, wink at, wipe it off, wipe the slate clean, write off |
| Notes: | one is absolved of blame or responsibility but is acquitted of a charge, usually a crime |
Antonyms: |
bind, blame, charge, condemn, convict, hold, impeach, incriminate, obligate, punish, sentence |
| Main Entry: | acquit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | announce removal of blame |
Synonyms: |
absolve, blink at, clear, deliver, discharge, disculpate, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, free, let go, let off, let off the hook, liberate, release, relieve, vindicate, whitewash, wink at, wipe off |
Antonyms: |
blame, censure, condemn, convict, damn, denounce, doom, sentence |
| Main Entry: | appropriate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
Synonyms: |
annex, borrow, clap, confiscate, cop, embezzle, filch, get fingers on, get hands on, glom on to, grab, grab hold of, hijack, liberate, lift, misappropriate, moonlight requisition, pilfer, pocket, secure, snatch, swipe, take over, usurp |
Antonyms: |
bequeath, bestow, give, return |
| Main Entry: | assume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adopt, acquire |
Synonyms: |
annex, appropriate, arrogate, borrow, clap hands on, commandeer, confiscate, expropriate, get fingers on, get hands on, glom onto, grab, grab hold of, hijack, kipe, liberate, moonlight requisition, preempt, seize, snatch, swipe, take over, usurp |
Antonyms: |
leave, let alone, not take |
| Main Entry: | commandeer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seize, take over |
Synonyms: |
accroach, activate, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, confiscate, conscript, draft, enslave, expropriate, grab, hijack, liberate, moonlight requisition, preempt, requisition, sequester, sequestrate, snatch, take, usurp |
| Main Entry: | confiscate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal; seize |
Synonyms: |
accroach, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, commandeer, confisticate, expropriate, glom on to, grab, hijack, impound, liberate, moonlight requisition, possess oneself of, preempt, sequester, sequestrate, swipe, take, take over, usurp |
Antonyms: |
give, offer |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set free |
Synonyms: |
absolve, acquit, allow to go, clear, disimprison, dismiss, emancipate, exonerate, expel, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, oust, pardon, release, unbind, unchain, unshackle |
Antonyms: |
detain, hold, imprison, keep |
| Main Entry: | disengage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | free from connection |
Synonyms: |
abstract, back off, back out, cut loose, cut out, detach, disassociate, disconnect, disentangle, disjoin, dissociate, disunite, divide, drop out, ease, extricate, liberate, loose, loosen, opt out, pull the plug, release, separate, set free, unbind, uncouple, undo, unfasten, unfix, unloose, untie, weasel out, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
attach, bind, connect, engage, fasten, join, unite |
| Main Entry: | emancipate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set free |
Synonyms: |
affranchise, deliver, discharge, disencumber, disenthral, enfranchise, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, release, unbind, unchain, unfetter, unshackle |
Antonyms: |
hold, imprison, incarcerate |