liberatingn.
/ˈlɪbəreɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈlɪbəˌreɪdɪŋ/ The action of liberate v.; liberation.
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1658 J. Durham Comm. Bk. Revelation vi. 374 The liberating of the Empire from such tyranny of so many Tyrants.
1797 Time Piece & Lit. Compan. 31 Mar. 34/3 The powerful motives which ought to determine the liberating of the unfortunate prisoners.
1836 N. W. Fiske tr. J. J. Eschenburg Man. Classical Lit. iv. 556 The liberating of slaves took place in several ways.
1901 Times 15 Jan. 3/4 The Duke of the Abruzzi's account of the liberating of his vessel the Stella Polare from the ice.
1961 E. Bernstein Evolutionary Socialism ii. 61 Large industry..gives life to smaller and medium trades.., partly by the liberating of capital, on the one hand, and the ‘setting free’ of workers on the other.
1970 Daily Tel. 1 May (Colour Suppl.) 9 Shoplifting—‘liberating’ to hippies—costs the English retail trade the staggering sum of £75 million a year.
2007 J. A. Murray Alexander Hamilton vi. 162 This important treaty..freed the northwest territory of English occupation and lead [sic] to the liberating of the Mississippi waterway.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
liberatingadj.
/ˈlɪbəreɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈlɪbəˌreɪdɪŋ/ That liberates (in various senses).
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [adjective]
liberatory1592
emancipatory1652
liberating1658
liberative1741
unfettering1824
emancipative1862
emancipating1874
1658 T. Bromhall Treat. Specters iv. 265 The Authour of that impiety should be sacrificed to the freeing and liberating-gods.
1738 R. Erskine Faith's Plea ii. 45 O here is a Covenant of liberating Grace!
1797 W. Boscawen tr. Horace Satires, Epist. & Art Poetry 213 Whose mind..Not even the liberating wand, Laid on your shoulders thrice, can free From fear's oppressive tyranny.
1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. iii. 224 Thanks to his liberating angel Death.
1883 R. Zimmermann in Athenæum 29 Dec. 844/3 The prophet of a liberating..movement.
1944 Times 14 July 6/1 A body organized for anti-epidemic measures must therefore enter the country with the liberating army.
1950 V. Koch William Carlos Williams i. 23 Williams celebrated the joyous, liberating function of the creative act.
2005 Daily Tel. 30 Nov. 31/2 Sat-nav systems..can be liberating, especially for nervous drivers.
Derivatives
ˈliberatingly adv.
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1853 W. Pulsford tr. J. Müller Christian Doctr. Sin II. 455 Moral endeavours, which, are just as well able limitingly to oppose the power of the natural sinfulness..as liberatingly to promote it.
1960 Jrnl. Acad. Managem. 3 32 Considerably more liberatingly conceived courses in the liberal arts.
2006 Sunday Times (Nexis) 2 July (Features section) 20 Above all, it's the songs that are so liberatingly offensive.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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