Verbs

(v)emancipate, liberategive equal rights to; of women and minorities
(v)free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loosegrant freedom to; free from confinement
(v)liberate, set freegrant freedom to“The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university”
(v)release, free, liberaterelease (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition