Meanings
present singular third person sets free · participle present setting free
- transitiveTo release, to free, to give freedom to.
"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."
1921, Margaret Pedler, chapter 36, in The Moon Out Of Reach1 more example
Send it, send it / Just like it came to me / I'm gonna set it free / Send it, send it / You've got to let it go / Open up a window
1977, Ashford & Simpson, “Send It”, in Send ItSynonyms: befree, enfranchise, let loose, set loose, turn loose
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo release, to free, to give freedom to.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek λύω
- λύω (lúō)to release, to free, to give freedom to
Arabic حَرَّرَ
- حَرَّرَ (ḥarrara)to release, to free, to give freedom to
Bulgarian пу́скам на свобода, пу́сна на свобода
- пу́скам на свобода (púskam na svoboda)to release, to free, to give freedom to
- пу́сна на свобода (púsna na svoboda)to release, to free, to give freedom to
- освобожда́вам (osvoboždávam)to release, to free, to give freedom to
- освободя́ (osvobodjá)to release, to free, to give freedom to
Catalan alliberar, lliurar
- alliberarto release, to free, to give freedom to
- lliurarto release, to free, to give freedom to
Chinese Mandarin 解放, 釋放 /释放
- 解放 (jiěfàng)to release, to free, to give freedom to
- 釋放 /释放 (shìfàng)to release, to free, to give freedom to
Dutch vrijmaken, bevrijden
- vrijmakento release, to free, to give freedom to
- bevrijdento release, to free, to give freedom to
Esperanto liberigi
- liberigito release, to free, to give freedom to
Finnish vapauttaa
- vapauttaato release, to free, to give freedom to
French libérer, rendre libre
- libérerto release, to free, to give freedom to
- rendre libreto release, to free, to give freedom to
- affranchirto release, to free, to give freedom to
German freisetzen, freilassen
- freisetzento release, to free, to give freedom to
- freilassento release, to free, to give freedom to
- befreiento release, to free, to give freedom to
Hungarian felszabadít, kiszabadít
- felszabadítto release, to free, to give freedom to
- kiszabadítto release, to free, to give freedom to
- elengedto release, to free, to give freedom to
- szabadon engedto release, to free, to give freedom to
Italian liberare
- liberareto release, to free, to give freedom to
Japanese 逃す, 釈放する
- 逃す (nogasu)to release, to free, to give freedom to
- 釈放する (shakuhō suru)to release, to free, to give freedom to
Korean 석방하다, 풀어주다
- 석방하다 (seokbanghada)to release, to free, to give freedom to
- 풀어주다 (pureojuda)to release, to free, to give freedom to
Latin līberō
- līberōto release, to free, to give freedom to
Polish uwalniać, uwolnić
- uwalniaćto release, to free, to give freedom to
- uwolnićto release, to free, to give freedom to
- oswobadzaćto release, to free, to give freedom to
- oswobodzićto release, to free, to give freedom to
Portuguese libertar
- libertarto release, to free, to give freedom to
Russian освобожда́ть, освободи́ть
- освобожда́ть (osvoboždátʹ)to release, to free, to give freedom to
- освободи́ть (osvobodítʹ)to release, to free, to give freedom to
- отпуска́ть (otpuskátʹ)to release, to free, to give freedom to
- отпусти́ть (otpustítʹ)to release, to free, to give freedom to
Spanish libertar
- libertarto release, to free, to give freedom to
Swahili kuweka huru
- kuweka huruto release, to free, to give freedom to
Ukrainian звільня́ти, звільни́ти
- звільня́ти (zvilʹnjáty)to release, to free, to give freedom to
- звільни́ти (zvilʹnýty)to release, to free, to give freedom to
- відпуска́ти (vidpuskáty)to release, to free, to give freedom to
- відпусти́ти (vidpustýty)to release, to free, to give freedom to
Cite this entry
set free. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20free
“set free.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20free. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “set free,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20free.
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