set free

/sɛt fri/
/sɛt fri/
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Other forms: setting free; sets free

Definitions of set free
  1. verb
    grant freedom to
    synonyms: liberate
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    types:
    affranchise, enfranchise
    grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude
    emancipate, manumit
    free from slavery or servitude
    decolonise, decolonize
    grant independence to (a former colony)
    type of:
    discharge, free
    free from obligations or duties
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