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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Free \Free\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Freed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Freeing.] [OE. freen, freoien, AS. fre['o]gan. See Free,
     a.]
     1. To make free; to set at liberty; to rid of that which
        confines, limits, embarrasses, oppresses, etc.; to
        release; to disengage; to clear; -- followed by from, and
        sometimes by off; as, to free a captive or a slave; to be
        freed of these inconveniences. --Clarendon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Our land is from the rage of tigers freed. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Arise, . . . free thy people from their yoke.
                                                    --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To remove, as something that confines or bars; to relieve
        from the constraint of.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              This master key
              Frees every lock, and leads us to his person.
                                                    --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To frank. [Obs.] --Johnson.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Free \Free\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Freed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Freeing.] [OE. freen, freoien, AS. fre['o]gan. See Free,
     a.]
     1. To make free; to set at liberty; to rid of that which
        confines, limits, embarrasses, oppresses, etc.; to
        release; to disengage; to clear; -- followed by from, and
        sometimes by off; as, to free a captive or a slave; to be
        freed of these inconveniences. --Clarendon.
  
              Our land is from the rage of tigers freed. --Dryden.
  
              Arise, . . . free thy people from their yoke.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     2. To remove, as something that confines or bars; to relieve
        from the constraint of.
  
              This master key Frees every lock, and leads us to
              his person.                           --Dryden.
  
     3. To frank. [Obs.] --Johnson.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  freeing
       n : the act of liberating someone or something [syn: liberation,
            release]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  freeing
     n.
     The act of making something free; liberation.
     vb.
     (present participle of en free#Verb nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  freeing
     n.
     The act of making something free; liberation.
     vb.
     (present participle of en free#Verb nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  freeing
     n.
     The act of making something free; liberation.
     vb.
     (present participle of en free#Verb nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  freeing
     n.
     The act of making something free; liberation.
     vb.
     (present participle of en free#Verb nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  freeing
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm f ree ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  freeing
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en free ordform=prespart)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Freeing /fɹˈiːɪŋ/
  التحرير

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  freeing /fɹˈiːɪŋ/ 
  osvobozující

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  freeing /fɹˈiːɪŋ/ 
  osvobození

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  freeing /fɹˈiːɪŋ/
  befreiend, freilassend
   see: free, freed
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  freeing /fɹˈiːɪŋ/
  entsperrend
     Synonym: unlocking
  
   see: unlock sth., free sth., unlocked, freed, How can I unlock my computer if I've forgotten the password?
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  freeing /fɹˈiːɪŋ/
  freigebend
   see: free, freed
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  freeing /fɹˈiːɪŋ/
  
  απελευθέρωση

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈfɹiɪŋ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  71 Moby Thesaurus words for "freeing":
     Emancipation Proclamation, affranchisement, break, breaking out,
     breakout, catharsis, cleansing, clearing, deliverance, delivery,
     disburdening, discharge, disembarrassment, disembroilment,
     disencumbrance, disengagement, disentanglement, disenthrallment,
     disinvolvement, dislodgment, emancipation, emergence,
     emotional release, enfranchisement, escape, escapism, evasion,
     extrication, flight, gay liberation, getaway, intermission,
     issuance, issue, jailbreak, leak, leakage, liberation, lifesaving,
     manumission, outlet, prisonbreak, purgation, purge, purging,
     ransom, recovery, redemption, release, releasing, removal,
     reprieve, rescue, respite, retrieval, riddance, salvage, salvation,
     saving, setting at liberty, setting-free, surcease, suspension,
     uncluttering, unhampering, unknotting, unraveling, unscrambling,
     unsnarling, untangling, vent
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

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