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liberalize
v. 1 broaden, widen, extend, expand, stretch, enlarge: The
purpose of the law is to liberalize the functions of solicitors.
2 loosen, ease, slacken, relax, modify, change, moderate,
soften: The police really ought to liberalize the parking
regulations in this area.
liberate v. 1 (set) free, release, set at liberty, disenthral,
emancipate, manumit, deliver, enfranchise, (let) loose, let go,
let out, let off: When the enemy retreated, the army liberated
the prisoners of war. After her divorce, she felt like a
liberated woman. 2 steal, pilfer, purloin, take, appropriate:
She was caught liberating some books from the library.
liberation
n. freeing, liberating, deliverance, emancipation,
enfranchisement, enfranchising, delivery, rescue, rescuing,
release, releasing, loosing, unfettering, unshackling,
unchaining: The liberation of the prisoners occurred on May
Day, 1945.
libertine n. 1 lecher, reprobate, profligate, rake, rakehell, rou‚,
debaucher, womanizer, seducer, fornicator, adulterer, debauchee,
whoremonger, philanderer, Don Juan, Lothario, Casanova, Colloq
wolf, lady-killer, (old) goat, dirty old man: He fancied
himself a libertine, but women shunned him like the plague.
--adj. 2 licentious, lecherous, reprobate, profligate, rakish,
rakehell, philandering, dissolute, immoral, degenerate,
depraved, debauched, decadent, dirty, filthy, amoral, wanton,
lewd, lascivious, prurient, lubricious or lubricous, salacious,
Paphian, libidinous, ruttish, goatish, hircine, satyric(al),
carnal, bestial, Colloq randy, Slang horny: A paragon of
prudery to his family, Viscount Guarnier secretly led a life of
wild, libertine abandon.
liberty n. 1 freedom, independence, self-determination, autonomy,
self-rule, self-government, self-direction, sovereignty: People
have always been willing to die for their liberty. 2 right,
freedom, franchise, carte blanche, privilege, prerogative,
licence, leave, permission, authorization: I was given the