liberation

liberación

Acción o resultado de dejar libres a personas o lugares sometidos al control, la prisión o el maltrato.

En inglés sencillo: The act or result of freeing people or a place from control, prison, or cruel treatment.

• The town celebrated its liberation.
• They fought for liberation from foreign rule.
• The prisoners described the day of their liberation.

Cómo se usa: liberation from something (They hoped for liberation from military rule.); liberation of someone/something (The liberation of the prisoners took several months.)

Sinónimos: release, freeing

Antónimos: captivity, enslavement

Expresiones frecuentes: liberation of something, liberation from something, after liberation, liberation of someone

liberación, emancipación

Obtención de los mismos derechos para un grupo y fin del trato injusto hacia él.

En inglés sencillo: Gaining equal rights and freedom from unfair treatment of a particular group.

• She joined the women’s liberation movement.
• The group campaigned for gay liberation.
• Their vision of liberation included equal access to education.

Cómo se usa: liberation from something (They called for liberation from racial oppression.)

Sinónimos: emancipation

Antónimos: oppression

Expresiones frecuentes: women’s liberation, gay liberation, liberation movement