liberation

解放

人々や土地を支配・投獄・残酷な扱いから自由にすること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

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

類義語： release, freeing

反対語： captivity, enslavement

よく使う表現： liberation of something, liberation from something, after liberation, liberation of someone

解放

ある集団が平等な権利を得て、不当な扱いから自由になること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： liberation from something (They called for liberation from racial oppression.)

類義語： emancipation

反対語： oppression

よく使う表現： women’s liberation, gay liberation, liberation movement