liberated

lib-er-at-ed · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Set free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression.

  2. 2.

    Free from traditional social conventions or restrictions, especially regarding personal behavior.

  3. 3.

    (Past tense and past participle of liberate) Having been set free.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    sexually liberated — free from traditional constraints regarding sexual behavior
  • •
    feel liberated — to experience a sense of freedom or release

Related words

Antonyms: confined, enslaved, oppressed, restricted
See also: free, liberate, liberation, liberty
Synonyms: emancipated, freed, released, unshackled

Etymology

From Latin liberatus, past participle of liberare ("to set free"), from liber ("free").