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SET FREE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Grant freedom to
Example:
The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university
Synonyms:
liberate; set free
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "set free" is one way to...):
discharge; free (free from obligations or duties)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "set free"):
affranchise; enfranchise (grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude)
emancipate; manumit (free from slavery or servitude)
decolonise; decolonize (grant independence to (a former colony))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
