liberated

1 of 2

adjective

lib·​er·​at·​ed ˈli-bə-ˌrā-təd 

: freed from or opposed to traditional social and sexual attitudes or roles

a liberated woman

a liberated marriage

liberated

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past tense and past participle of liberate

Examples of liberated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

The slide-out kitchen stores away under the bed so as not to take up any of the liberated floor space. — New Atlas, 26 Sep. 2026

The liberated bundle then touches down somewhere else in the genome, where native DNA repair processes paste it in. — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026

Instead, Curry connected with fans like me because, as a performer, the man seemed able to do anything, and do it with a kind of liberated abandon and eagerness to entertain. — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2026

Chalk it up to the leftover hubris of late-20th-century American empire and the grand illusion of a liberated civilization thriving behind an impenetrable fortress. — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

from past participle of liberate

First Known Use

Adjective

1887, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for liberated

• abdicated
• abrogated
• acclimated
• activated
• actuated
• adumbrated
• advocated
• aggravated
• aggregated
• agitated
• allocated
• alternated

Kids Definition

liberated

adjective

lib·​er·​at·​ed

: freed from or opposed to traditional social and sexual attitudes or roles