freeing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹiːɪŋ/

Verb

freeing

1. present participle and gerund of free

Noun

freeing (countable and uncountable, plural freeings)

1. The act of making something free; liberation.
   • 1991, Gayl Jones, Liberating Voices: Oral Tradition in African American Literature:

     However again, in these freeings of voices it should be observed that the African American Southern voice and character is framed within the freed European American Southern voice.

   • 2024 February 7, Lee Waters tells Conrad Landin, “A mission to improve transport for Wales”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 35:

     The freeing of funding from a never-ending pipeline of expensive road schemes is going to happen over time, and will allow mult-modal schemes to be funded first.

Adjective

freeing (comparative more freeing, superlative most freeing)

1. Making one free; causing someone to experience freedom.

   Synonym: liberating

   • 2024 October 23, Jesse Hassenger, “Tom Hardy takes one more hit-and-miss spin with a symbiote in Venom: The Last Dance”, in AV Club‎^[1]:

     Reimagining a ’90s-style “cool” Marvel bad guy as a Universal Monster-style antihero is a great, potentially freeing idea for a superhero picture, providing the opportunity to connect otherwise disparate eras of comics and genre movies.

Synonyms

• liberating

Anagrams

• feigner, Feering, reefing