Phrase guide

set free

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To release, to free, to give freedom to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

grant freedom to

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: liberate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: free, discharge

Narrower terms: affranchise, enfranchise, manumit, emancipate, decolonize, decolonise

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَرَّرَ (ḥarrara) — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Belarusian: вызваля́ць (vyzvaljácʹ) — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Belarusian: вы́зваліць (výzvalicʹ) — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Belarusian: адпуска́ць (adpuskácʹ) — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Belarusian: адпусці́ць (adpuscícʹ) — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Bulgarian: пу́скам на свобода (púskam na svoboda) — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Bulgarian: пу́сна на свобода (púsna na svoboda) — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Bulgarian: освобожда́вам (osvoboždávam) — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Bulgarian: освободя́ (osvobodjá) — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Catalan: alliberar — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Catalan: lliurar — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Chinese Mandarin: 解放 (jiěfàng) — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Chinese Mandarin: 釋放 /释放 (shìfàng) — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Maore Comorian: uɓulia — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Dutch: vrijmaken — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Dutch: bevrijden — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Esperanto: liberigi — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Finnish: vapauttaa — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • French: libérer — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • French: rendre libre — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • French: affranchir — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • German: freisetzen — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • German: freilassen — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • German: befreien — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (galausjan) — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Ancient Greek: λύω (lúō) — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Hungarian: felszabadít — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Hungarian: kiszabadít — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Hungarian: elenged — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Hungarian: szabadon enged — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Italian: liberare — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Japanese: 逃す (nogasu) — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Japanese: 釈放する (shakuhō suru) — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Korean: 석방하다 (seokbanghada) — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Korean: 풀어주다 (pureojuda) — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Latin: līberō — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Lombard: liberar — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Malagasy: manafaka — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Malayalam: സ്വതന്ത്രമാക്കുക (svatantramākkuka) — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Marathi: सोडवणे (soḍavṇe) — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Mongolian: тавих (tavix) — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Occitan: liurar — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Occitan: liberar — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Polish: uwalniać — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Polish: uwolnić — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Polish: oswobadzać — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Polish: oswobodzić — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Portuguese: libertar — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Russian: освобожда́ть (osvoboždátʹ) — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Russian: освободи́ть (osvobodítʹ) — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Russian: отпуска́ть (otpuskátʹ) — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Russian: отпусти́ть (otpustítʹ) — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Sanskrit: मुञ्चति (muñcati) — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Spanish: libertar — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Swahili: kuweka huru — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Ukrainian: звільня́ти (zvilʹnjáty) — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Ukrainian: звільни́ти (zvilʹnýty) — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Ukrainian: відпуска́ти (vidpuskáty) — to release, to free, to give freedom to
  • Ukrainian: відпусти́ти (vidpustýty) — to release, to free, to give freedom to