freeing
    n 1: the act of liberating someone or something [syn:
         liberation, release, freeing]

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.
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            Our land is from the rage of tigers freed. --Dryden.
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            Arise, . . . free thy people from their yoke.
                                                  --Milton.
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   2. To remove, as something that confines or bars; to relieve
      from the constraint of.
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            This master key
            Frees every lock, and leads us to his person.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   3. To frank. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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