libération, n.f., deliverance, rescue, discharge, riddance.

libéré, -e, part., liberated, discharged; (com.) paid up (of shares). Forçat —; returned convict; ticket-of-leave man.

libérer, v.a., to discharge, to liberate, to free.

se libérer, v.r., to be liberated, to be discharged; to pay off one’s debts; (com.) to be paid up (of shares).

liberté, n.f., liberty, freedom, facility, ease; license, franchise. On a rendu la — aux prisonniers; the prisoners were restored to liberty. Mettre en —; to set at liberty. En —; freely.

liberticide, adj., liberticide.

libertin, -e, adj., libertine, licentious, wanton, dissolute, idle.

libertin, n.m., -e, n.f., libertine, rake; idler; ☉free-thinker.

libertinage, n.m., libertinism, debauchery; wildness, wantonness; ☉irreligion. Vivre dans le —; to lead a dissolute life.