liberāˈtion noun

1. Setting free, releasing
2. The first stage in ore treatment, in which comminution is used to detach valuable minerals from gangue (mining)
3. Freeing, or seeking to free (a group) from social disadvantages, prejudices, injustice or abuse (informal short form lib)

liberāˈtionism noun

liberāˈtionist noun

1. A person who supports the cause of social freedom and equality for sections of society believed to be underprivileged or discriminated against (informal short form libbˈer)
2. A person who is in favour of church disestablishment

Of or relating to liberationism or liberationists

libˈerātor noun

libˈeratory /-ə-tə-ri/ adjective

Tending to liberate

liberated woman noun

One who rejects the older ideas of woman as the weaker sex, a woman's place being in the home, etc, and believes in living and working on equal terms with men

liberation theology noun

Esp in S America, a development of Christian doctrine that demands a commitment to social revolution wherever injustice and exploitation are thought to exist