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Definition
to set free — as from prison, political oppression, persecution, expectations...
- I abhor artifice, particularly in children; it is my duty to show you that tricks will not answer: you will now stay here an hour longer, and it is only on condition of perfect submission and stillness that I shall liberate you then.Chapter 2 (96% in)
- Opening the window, I walked in upon them; liberated Celine from my protection; gave her notice to vacate her hotel; offered her a purse for immediate exigencies; disregarded screams, hysterics, prayers, protestations, convulsions; made an appointment with the vicomte for a meeting at the Bois de Boulogne.Chapter 15 (36% in)
There are no more uses of "liberate" in Jane Eyre.
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