verb

release from confinement or slavery.

they were freed from jail

release,liberate,discharge,emancipate,set free,let go,set at liberty,set loose,let loose,turn loose,deliver,untie,unchain,unfetter,unshackle,unmanacle,uncage,unleash,spare,pardon,reprieve,clear,let off,let off the hook,disenthral,manumit