freeing

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of free

plural freeings

1. countableuncountableThe act of making something free; liberation.

   The freeing of funding from a never-ending pipeline of expensive road schemes is going to happen over time, and will allow mult-modal schemes to be funded first.

   2024 February 7, Lee Waters tells Conrad Landin, “A mission to improve transport for Wales”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 35

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   However again, in these freeings of voices it should be observed that the African American Southern voice and character is framed within the freed European American Southern voice.

   1991, Gayl Jones, Liberating Voices: Oral Tradition in African American Literature

comparative more freeing · superlative most freeing

1. Making one free; causing someone to experience freedom.

   Reimagining a ’90s-style “cool” Marvel bad guy as a Universal Monster-style antihero is a great, potentially freeing idea for a superhero picture, providing the opportunity to connect otherwise disparate eras of comics and genre movies.

   2024 October 23, Jesse Hassenger, “Tom Hardy takes one more hit-and-miss spin with a symbiote in Venom: The Last Dance”, in AV Club

   Synonyms: liberating