set free

English

Verb

set free (third-person singular simple present sets free, present participle setting free, simple past and past participle set free)

(transitive) to release, to free, to give freedom to.
- 1921, Margaret Pedler, The Moon Out Of Reach, ch. 36:
  "Well, you can tell Nan that she won't marry Peter Mallory with my consent. I'll never set her free to be another man's wife."

Synonyms

befree, let loose, set loose, turn loose

Translations

release, free, give freedom to

Catalan: alliberar (ca), lliurar (ca)
Dutch: vrijmaken (nl), bevrijden (nl)
Esperanto: liberigi
Finnish: vapauttaa (fi)
French: libérer (fr), rendre libre, affranchir (fr)
German: frei machen
Greek:
Ancient: λύω (lúō)
Hungarian: felszabadít (hu)
Italian: liberare (it)

Japanese: 逃す (ja) (nogasu)
Lombard: liberar
Malagasy: manafaka (mg)
Maore Comorian: uɓulia (ubulia)
Marathi: सोडवणे (soḍavṇe)
Mongolian: тавих (mn) (tavih)
Occitan: liurar, liberar
Spanish: libertar (es)
Swahili: kuweka huru

Anagrams

efreets, reefest

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