liberation
(lɪbəˈreɪʃən)
[ad. L. līberātiōn-em, n. of action f. līberāre to liberate. Cf. F. libération (14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).]
The action of liberating or condition of being liberated; setting free; release.
Liberation Society: the designation of the ‘Society for the Liberation of Religion from State Patronage and Control’, the object of which is to advocate the disestablishment and disendowment of all established churches in the British dominions. Cf. liberationist.
| c 1440 Gesta Rom. xcv. 426 (Add. MS.) The contricion that he had in his Ende was the signe and token of his liberacion. 1532 Bp. Clark in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. ii. I. 306 For the liberation off Italye. 1623 Cockeram, Liberation, a deliuerance. 1776 Adam Smith W.N. v. iii. (1869) I. 515 The future liberation of the public revenue they leave to the care of posterity. 1782 T. Pownall Study of Antiq. 155 This mode of analysing requires perfect liberation from all prejudged system. 1800 Henry Epit. Chem. (1808) 55 Those gases that require, for their liberation, a red heat. 1875 Lightfoot Comm. Col. ii. 15 A liberation from the dominion of the flesh. 1879 R. T. Smith Basil Gt. x. 127 The separation of soul and body is liberation from all evil. 1886 Q. Rev. CLXII. 8 The Liberation Society had a balance on its Legacy Account of 10,334l. 15s. 1945 Sun (Baltimore) 28 Sept. 11/2 Liberation is only four months old. 1952 Ann. Reg. 1951 ‘Liberation’ of the island [sc. Formosa] remained one of the primary stated objectives of the régime. 1956 Ann. Reg. 1955 314 On 15 August, the tenth anniversary of the ‘Liberation’ of Korea by the Soviet Russian army. 1966 Punch 5 Jan. 14/2 Each member of the crew would apply for his equipment to be ‘written off’, and for replacements to be issued. And each member of the crew would become the proud owner of the liberation loot. 1966 G. Jackson Let. 23 Feb. in Soledad Brother (1971) 94 Some..commit unpardonable crimes..that must in the end bar them from partaking in the benefits of the liberation that is planned for tomorrow. 1967 Daily Tel. 14 Mar. 21/1 Negro and Puerto Rican parents who are organising a boycott of a school in Harlem began establishing ‘liberation schools’ today... They are demanding a say in running the school and in choosing a headmaster. 1970 [see game-playing n. and adj. s.v. game n. 16 b]. 1971 Black Scholar Jan. 58/1 Those in the struggle have to deal with black separatists because they stand today as a potent obstacle to full black liberation. 1973 Black Panther 3 Mar. 8/1 The Black Panther Party is..an organization dedicated to the liberation of oppressed peoples in different communities. 1973 Black World Oct. 5 Development for us is liberation. It's liberating this person who, until now, has been suffering under colonialism..and under all kinds of superstitious beliefs. 1973 Listener 20 Dec. 841/1 The Arabs..are to give financial and diplomatic support to the African liberation movements. |
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▸ Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam n. (also Liberation Tigers) a paramilitary group formed in 1976 and claiming an independent Tamil state in north-eastern Sri Lanka; abbreviated LTTE; cf. Tamil Tiger n. at Tamil n. Additions.
| 1978 Ceylon Daily News 19 May 1/1 Proscribing of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and other similar organisations. 1980 Guide Indian Periodical Lit., 1978 15 749/2 Emergence of Tamil ‘Liberation Tigers’. 2003 Gulf News (Nexis) 16 Mar. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) yesterday confirmed their participation in the next round of peace talks in Japan ending speculation over the issue. |