Definition: liberate

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

liberate
     v 1: give equal rights to; of women and minorities [syn: emancipate]
     2: grant freedom to; free from confinement [syn: free, release,
         unloose, loose] [ant: confine]
     3: grant freedom to; "The students liberated their slaves upon
        graduating from the university" [syn: set free]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Liberate \Lib"er*ate\ (-[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Liberated
   (-[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Liberating
   (-[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. liberatus, p. p. of liberare to free,
   fr. liber free. See Liberal, a., and cf. Deliver.]
   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.

   Syn: To deliver; free; release. See Deliver.