Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Free from traditional social restraints: Describes a person, especially a woman, who has freed themselves from conventional social, moral, or sexual restrictions.
   • (Of a gas) released from chemical combination: Describes a gas that has been set free during a chemical reaction.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • She felt truly liberated after leaving her conservative hometown.
  • The liberated gas was collected in a test tube for analysis.

Advanced Usage

• "to feel liberated": to experience a sense of freedom and release from constraints.
  • After paying off her debt, she felt completely liberated.
• "liberated from": freed or released from a specific constraint or situation.
  • The activists fought to see their people liberated from oppression.

Variants and Related Words

• Liberate (verb): to set someone or something free.
  • The army moved to liberate the occupied city.
• Liberation (noun): the act of setting someone free or the state of being free.
  • The celebration marked their liberation from tyranny.
• Liberator (noun): a person who liberates someone or something.
  • He was hailed as a liberator of the oppressed.

Synonyms

• Emancipated: freed from legal, social, or political restrictions.
• Unfettered: released from restraints or restrictions.
• Released: allowed or enabled to escape from confinement.

Antonyms

• Oppressed: subjected to harsh and authoritarian treatment.
• Confined: kept within limits; imprisoned.
• Restricted: limited in extent, number, or scope.

Related Phrases

• Liberated woman: a woman who is independent and free from traditional gender roles (Note: This is a compound phrase listed here as a related concept, not as the primary definition of "liberated").
  • She was a pioneer, often described as a liberated woman of her time.

Adjective

1. free from traditional social restraints
   • an emancipated young woman pursuing her career
   • a liberated lifestyle
2. (of a gas e.g.) released from chemical combination