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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set free |
| Synonyms: | affranchise, deliver, discharge, disencumber, disenthral, enfranchise, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, release, unbind, unchain, unfetter, unshackle |
| Antonyms: | hold, imprison, incarcerate |
| Main Entry: | ransom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay blackmail money for return of possession or person |
| Synonyms: | buy freedom of, buy out, deliver, emancipate, extricate, free, liberate, manumit, obtain release of, pay for release of, recover, redeem, regain, release, reprise, repurchase, rescue, save, set free, unchain, unfetter |
| Main Entry: | redeem |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | free; buy the freedom of |
| Synonyms: | deliver, disenthrall, disimprison, emancipate, extricate, liberate, loose, manumit, pay ransom, ransom, release, rescue, save, set free, unbind, unchain, unfetter |
| Antonyms: | abandon, forfeit |
| Main Entry: | release |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | let go, let out |
| Synonyms: | absolve, acquit, bail out, cast loose, clear, commute, deliver, discharge, disengage, dispense, drop, emancipate, exculpate, excuse, exempt, exonerate, extricate, free, give off, give out, go easy on, issue, leak, let off, let off steam, let up on, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, open up, set at large, set free, set loose, spring, surrender, take out, turn loose, turn out, unbind, unchain, undo, unfasten, unfetter, unleash, unloose, unshackle, untie, vent, wipe slate clean, yield |
| Antonyms: | collect, gather, hold, keep, maintain |
| Main Entry: | manumit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | free |
| Synonyms: | absolve, acquit, bail, bail out, clear, cut loose, deliver, demobilize, discharge, disengage, disenthrall, disimprison, dismiss, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate, let loose, let off the hook, let off, let out, liberate, loose, loosen, pardon, parole, put on the street, ransom, redeem, release, relieve, reprieve, rescue, save, set free, spring*, turn loose, turn out, unbind, uncage, unchain, undo, unfetter, unfix, unleash, untie |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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