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Synonyms for set free

Most common

liberate absolve free enfranchise

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To release, to free, to give freedom to.

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Set Free or Absolve?

To absolve, in the strict sense, is to set free from any bond.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • liberate Work doesn't liberate, it eventually makes you tired.
  • absolve This will never absolve Sami of the crime.

By length

4 letters
free1
5 letters
clear1, loose1
6 letters
rescue2, exempt2, loosen2, acquit2, befree
7 letters
release2, deliver3, enlarge2, absolve2
8 letters
liberate3
9 letters
discharge2, disengage3, extricate3
10 letters
emancipate4
11 letters
enfranchise3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rescue2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
libérer
Italiano
liberare
Español
libertar
Deutsch
befreien
Català
alliberar