lib-er-ate / ˈlibəˌrāt
verb to free from something, usually imprisonment The function of music is to liberate in the soul those feelings which normally we keep locked up in the heart. from ‘Birdsong’ by Sebastian Faulks, 1953- to free a country from domination by a foreign power No single person can liberate a country. You can only liberate a country if you act as a collective. Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013 of a gas, to free from combination Extreme care must be taken not to liberate large quantities of gas from a thing downhole reservoir by drilling through it too rapidly. www.continental-labs.ab.ca/lib.htm