verb (v)

• give equal rights to; of women and minorities(verb.social)

  Synonym:
  emancipate
  

  source: wordnet30
• grant freedom to; free from confinement(verb.social)

  Synonym:
  free, loose, release, unloose, unloosen
  Antonym:
  confine, detain
  

  source: wordnet30
• grant freedom to(verb.social)

  Example:
  The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university.
  

  Synonym:
  set free
  

  source: wordnet30
• release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition(verb.creation)

  Synonym:
  free, release
  

  source: wordnet30
• To release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to free; to manumit; to disengage; as, to liberate a slave or prisoner; to liberate the mind from prejudice; to liberate gases.(verb)

  source: webster1913