freeing

Noun
  1. The act of liberating someone or something (synset 100096322)
    is a type of: accomplishment, achievement - the action of accomplishing something
    subtypes:
    • jail delivery - the use of force to liberate prisoners
    • deregulating, deregulation - the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations)
    • relief - the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged
    • disentanglement, extrication, unsnarling, untangling - the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition
    • emancipation - freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child
    • clearing - the act of freeing from suspicion
    • manumission - the formal act of freeing from slavery
    • parole - (law) a conditional release from imprisonment that entitles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with
    • probation - (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them; a defendant found guilty of a crime is released by the court without imprisonment subject to conditions imposed by the court
    same as: liberation, release

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