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, chapter 36, in The Moon Out Of Reach:
  "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

Translations

release, free, give freedom to

Arabic: حَرَّرَ (ar) (ḥarrara)
Belarusian: вызваля́ць impf (vyzvaljácʹ), вы́зваліць pf (výzvalicʹ), адпуска́ць impf (adpuskácʹ), адпусці́ць pf (adpuscícʹ)
Bulgarian: освобожда́вам (bg) impf (osvoboždávam), освободя́ pf (osvobodjá)
Catalan: alliberar (ca), lliurar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 解放 (zh) (jiěfàng), 釋放／释放 (zh) (shìfàng)
Dutch: vrijmaken (nl), bevrijden (nl)
Esperanto: liberigi
Finnish: vapauttaa (fi)
French: libérer (fr), rendre libre, affranchir (fr)
German: freisetzen (de), freilassen (de), befreien (de)
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (galausjan)
Greek:
Ancient: λύω (lúō)
Hungarian: felszabadít (hu), kiszabadít (hu), elenged (hu), szabadon enged (hu)
Italian: liberare (it)
Japanese: 逃す (ja) (のがす, nogasu), 釈放する (ja) (しゃくほうする, shakuhō suru)
Korean: 석방하다 (ko) (seokbanghada), 풀어주다 (pureojuda)
Latin: līberō
Lombard: liberar
Malagasy: manafaka (mg)
Malay: please add this translation if you can
Malayalam: സ്വതന്ത്രമാക്കുക (svatantramākkuka)
Maore Comorian: uɓulia
Marathi: सोडवणे (soḍavṇe)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: тавих (mn) (tavix)
Occitan: liurar (oc), liberar (oc)
Polish: uwalniać (pl) impf, uwolnić (pl) pf
Portuguese: libertar (pt)
Russian: освобожда́ть (ru) impf (osvoboždátʹ), освободи́ть (ru) pf (osvobodítʹ), отпуска́ть (ru) impf (otpuskátʹ), отпусти́ть (ru) pf (otpustítʹ)
Sanskrit: मुञ्चति (sa) (muñcati)
Spanish: libertar (es)
Swahili: kuweka huru
Ukrainian: звільня́ти impf (zvilʹnjáty), звільни́ти pf (zvilʹnýty), відпуска́ти impf (vidpuskáty), відпусти́ти pf (vidpustýty)

Anagrams

efreets, free-est, freeëst, reefest

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