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#750. Liberation.—
N. liberation, disengagement, release,
enlargement, emancipation; disenthrallment[obs3],
disenthralment[obs3]; affranchisement[obs3], enfranchisement;
manumission; discharge, dismissal.
deliverance &c. 672;
redemption, extrication, acquittance, absolution;
acquittal &c. 970; escape &c.671.
V. liberate, free; set
free, set clear, set at liberty; render free,
emancipate, release; enfranchise, affranchise[obs3];
manumit; enlarge; disband, discharge, disenthrall,
disenthral, dismiss; let go, let loose, loose, let
out, let slip; cast adrift, turn adrift; deliver &c.
672; absolve &c. (acquit) 970.
unfetter &c. 751, untie
&c. 43; loose &c. (disjoin) 44; loosen,
relax; unbolt, unbar, unclose, uncork, unclog, unhand,
unbind, unchain, unharness, unleash; disengage, disentangle;
clear, extricate, unloose.
gain one’s liberty,
obtain one’s liberty, acquire one’s liberty
&c.
748; get rid of, get clear of; deliver oneself from;
shake off the yoke, slip the collar; break loose,
break prison; tear asunder one’s bonds, cast
off trammels; escape &c. 671.
Adj. liberated &c. v.;
out of harness &c. (free) 748.
Int. unhand me! let
me go!
#751. Restraint.—
N. restraint; hindrance &c. 706; coercion &c.
(compulsion) 744; cohibition[obs3], constraint, repression,
suppression; discipline, control.
confinement; durance,
duress; imprisonment; incarceration,
coarctation|, entombment, mancipation[obs3], durance
vile, limbo, captivity; blockade.
arrest, arrestation[obs3];
custody, keep, care, charge, ward,
restringency[obs3].
curb &c. (means of restraint)
752; lettres de cachet[Fr].
limitation, restriction,
protection, monopoly; prohibition &c. 761.
prisoner &c. 754; repressionist[obs3].
V. restrain, check;
put under restraint, lay under restraint; enthral,
enthrall, inthral[obs3], inthrall[obs3], bethral[obs3],
bethrall[obs3]; restrict; debar &c. (hinder) 706;
constrain; coerce &c. (compel) 744; curb, control;
hold back, hold from, hold in, hold in check, hold
within bounds, keep back, keep from, keep in, keep
in check, keep within bounds; hold in leash, hold
in leading strings; withhold.
keep under; repress,
suppress; smother; pull in, rein in; hold, hold
fast; keep a tight hand on; prohibit &c. 761; inhibit,
cohibit[obs3].
enchain; fasten &c.
(join) 43; fetter, shackle; entrammel[obs3];
bridle, muzzle, hopple[obs3], gag, pinion, manacle,
handcuff, tie one’s hands, hobble, bind hand
and foot; swathe, swaddle; pin down, tether; picket;
tie down, tie up; secure; forge fetters; disable, hamstring
(incapacitate) 158.
confine; shut up, shut
in; clap up, lock up, box up, mew up, bottle
up, cork up, seal up, button up; hem in, bolt in,
wall in, rail in; impound, pen, coop; inclose &c.
(circumscribe) 229; cage; incage[obs3], encage[obs3];


