līberō āvī, ātus, āre 1 liber, to set free, free, liberate, manumit: servos, Cs.: sese.
—To free, release, extricate, deliver, acquit: vectigalīs multos ac stipendiarios liberavit, exempted from taxes: amotus terror animos liberaverat hominum, L.: ab eo: se a Venere, from his duty to Venus: me metu, T.: civitatem aere alieno, S.: servos supplicio: tenebris Hippolytum, H.: liberandi periculo, Cs.: se aere alieno, to pay a debt: aliquem culpae, L.: voti liberari, Cs.: multos ex incommodis pecuniā: eae (linguae) scalpello resectae liberarentur, would be set free: fidem, discharge a promise: promissa, cancel: nomina, settle, L.: templa liberata, cleared of buildings obstructing the view.
—To absolve, acquit: Sopatrum illo crimine: liberatur Milo, non eo consilio profectus esse, of having started with the design, etc.