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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exempt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | freed from responsibility |
| Synonyms: | beat the rap*, clear, cleared, discharged, excused, favored, free, immune, let off*, outside, privileged, released, special, unchecked, unrestrained, unrestricted, absolved, excepted, excluded, let go, liberated, not liable, not responsible, not subject, off the hook, set apart, spared, unbound, unshackled, void of, walked |
| Antonyms: | accountable, answerable, liable, responsible, nonexempt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uninhibited |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | free and easy; without restraint |
| Synonyms: | audacious, candid, cut loose*, expansive, fancy-free*, footloose*, frank, free, informal, instinctive, natural, off the cuff*, open, spontaneous, unbridled, unchecked, uncontrolled, unreserved, unrestrained, unrestricted, hanging out, liberated, no holds barred, relaxed, unconstrained, uncurbed, ungoverned, unhampered, unrepressed, unself-conscious, unsuppressed |
| Antonyms: | careful, inhibited, modest, shy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unrestricted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | free |
| Synonyms: | able, allowed, at liberty, free-spirited, independent, lax, liberal, liberated, on one's own, open, relaxed, unbounded, uncommitted, unconditional, unconstrained, unlimited, unregulated |
| Main Entry: | escaped |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | out |
| Synonyms: | free, at large, liberated |
| Main Entry: | loose |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not tight; unconstrained |
| Synonyms: | apart, asunder, baggy, clear, detached, disconnected, easy, escaped, flabby, flaccid, floating, free, hanging, insecure, lax, limp, movable, released, separate, slack, sloppy, unattached, unconnected, undone, unfettered, unhinged, unlocked, unrestrained, unrestricted, untied, wobbly, at large, liberated, loosened, not fitting, relaxed, slackened, unbolted, unbound, unbuttoned, uncaged, unclasped, unconfined, unfastened, unhooked, unlatched, unpinned, unsecured, unshackled |
| Notes: | loose means not restrained, fastened, confined or attached, while lose means fail to keep or to maintain or fail to win |
| Antonyms: | restricted, taut, tight, constrained |
| Main Entry: | released |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | freed |
| Synonyms: | discharged, free, let go, liberated, set free |
| Main Entry: | free |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unrestrained personally |
| Synonyms: | able, allowed, at large, at liberty, casual, clear, disengaged, easy, escaped, familiar, fancy-free*, footloose*, forward, frank, free-spirited, free-wheeling, independent, informal, lax, liberal, liberated, loose, off the hook, on one's own, on the loose, open, permitted, relaxed, unattached, uncommitted, unconfined, unconstrained, unengaged, unfettered, unhampered, unimpeded, unobstructed, unregulated, unrestricted, untrammeled |
| Antonyms: | bound, confined, hindered, limited, restrained |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | free |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unrestrained politically |
| Synonyms: | autonomous, democratic, freed, independent, self-governing, separate, sovereign, at liberty, autarchic, autonomic, emancipated, enfranchised, individualistic, liberated, self-directing, self-ruling, sui juris, unconstrained, unenslaved, unregimented |
| Antonyms: | bound, prevented, barred, enslaved, suppressed |
| Main Entry: | absolve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | free from responsibility, duty |
| Synonyms: | acquit, bleach, clear, discharge, exculpate, excuse, exempt, exonerate, forgive, free, launder*, let off*, liberate, loose, pardon, release, relieve, sanitize*, spare, spring*, vindicate, whitewash, write off*, blink at, go easy on, let off easy, let off the hook, let up on, lifeboat, set free, wink at*, wipe it off, wipe the slate clean |
| Antonyms: | bind, blame, charge, condemn, convict, hold, impeach, incriminate, obligate, punish, sentence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | acquit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | announce removal of blame |
| Synonyms: | absolve, clear, deliver, discharge, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, free, let off, liberate, release, relieve, vindicate, whitewash*, blink at, disculpate, let go, let off the hook, wink at*, wipe off |
| Antonyms: | blame, censure, condemn, convict, damn, denounce, doom, sentence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | appropriate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
| Synonyms: | annex, borrow, clap*, confiscate, cop, embezzle, filch, grab, hijack, liberate, lift, misappropriate, pilfer, pocket, secure, snatch, swipe*, usurp, get fingers on, get hands on, glom on to, grab hold of, moonlight requisition, take over |
| Antonyms: | bequeath, bestow, give, return |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adopt, acquire |
| Synonyms: | annex, appropriate, arrogate, borrow, commandeer, confiscate, expropriate, grab, hijack, liberate, preempt, seize, snatch, swipe, usurp, clap hands on, get fingers on, get hands on, glom onto, grab hold of, kipe, moonlight requisition, take over |
| Antonyms: | leave, let alone, not take |
| Main Entry: | commandeer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seize, take over |
| Synonyms: | activate, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, confiscate, conscript, draft, enslave, expropriate, grab, hijack, liberate, preempt, requisition, sequester, snatch, take, usurp, accroach, moonlight requisition, sequestrate |
| Main Entry: | confiscate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal; seize |
| Synonyms: | annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, commandeer, expropriate, grab, hijack, impound, liberate, preempt, sequester, swipe, take, usurp, accroach, confisticate, glom on to, moonlight requisition, possess oneself of, sequestrate, take over |
| Antonyms: | give, offer |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set free |
| Synonyms: | absolve, acquit, clear, dismiss, emancipate, exonerate, expel, liberate, loose, loosen, oust, pardon, release, allow to go, disimprison, manumit, 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, release, separate, undo, unfasten, untie, withdraw, pull the plug, set free, unbind, uncouple, unfix, unloose, weasel out |
| Antonyms: | attach, bind, connect, engage, fasten, join, unite |
| Main Entry: | emancipate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set free |
| Synonyms: | deliver, discharge, disencumber, enfranchise, liberate, loose, loosen, release, affranchise, disenthral, manumit, unbind, unchain, unfetter, unshackle |
| Antonyms: | hold, imprison, incarcerate |
| Main Entry: | enfranchise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set free |
| Synonyms: | emancipate, empower, free, liberate, naturalize, release, citizenize, give rights to, grant citizenship to, manumit |
| Antonyms: | enslave |
| Main Entry: | excuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | forgive, absolve; justify |
| Synonyms: | acquit, alibi, appease, bear with, clear, condone, cover, defend, discharge, exculpate, exempt, exonerate, explain, extenuate, forgive, free, indulge, let off*, liberate, mitigate, overlook, pardon, pass over*, pretext, purge, rationalize, release, relieve, remit, reprieve, shrive, shrug off, spare, tolerate, vindicate, whitewash*, apologize for, dispense from, exempt from, give absolution, grant amnesty, let go, make allowances for, plead ignorance, take rap for, wink at* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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