libero — meaning in English
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English meaning
- absolve verb To officially clear someone of blame, guilt, or responsibility.
- emancipate verb To set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another; to liberate.
- free adj Not under the control of someone else; not imprisoned or restricted.
- liberate verb To set someone or something free from confinement, control, or oppression.
Senses
libero is used for these senses in English:
- absolve (transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- emancipate To set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another; to liberate.
- free (transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release.
- liberate (transitive) To set free, to make or allow to be free, particularly
- liberate (transitive, euphemistic) To acquire from another by theft or force: to steal, to rob.
- set free (transitive) To release, to free, to give freedom to.
absolve — full definition
- verb To officially clear someone of blame, guilt, or responsibility.
- verb To formally forgive someone of their sins.
emancipate — full definition
- verb To set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another; to liberate.
- verb To cause (a place) to be free from the colonization or rule of another entity.
- verb Often followed by from: chiefly with reference to slavery in the United States, and in Central and South America: to set free (oneself or someone) from imprisonment, or from serfdom or slavery.
- verb To release (a minor) from the legal authority and custody which a parent or guardian has over them; also (Ancient Rome, historical), to release (a child) from the legal authority of the paterfamilias.