What does set free mean?

set free means "grant freedom to".

What is another word for set free?

Close synonyms include liberate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is set free a common word?

set free is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

set free — meaning, pronunciation and definition

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1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
grant freedom to
“The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university”
Synonymsliberate
Broaderfree
Narroweraffranchise manumit decolonize

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