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Liberation is based on the word liberty, related to the word liberal, and it is often understood as "to be freed (or change) from not having freedom to having freedom". A major use of the word is the act of the (forcible) removal of unwanted control of an area, person or people by an outside (sometimes military) force. Some have used the term to refer to the removal of sexual inhibitions.

In Ghana, Togo and Benin, the term "liberation" has been used to refer to the winning of freedom for shrine slaves that had been held in ritual servitude. The kind of liberation has been achieved through the intervention of NGO's because in 1998 the practice of ritual servitude was made illegal and punishable by a mandatory three years imprisonment, but the practice continued. NGO's were able to negotiate community-wide agreements to end the practice and free the shrine slaves in many places, but involuntary servitude still continues in other shrines.

Other meanings:

• Libération, a French newspaper.
• Libération (Morocco), a Moroccan francophone daily newspaper.
• Liberation an American pacifist magazine founded by A.J. Muste
• Oslobođenje (Liberation), newspaper from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 'The Liberation' - Online RPG ... the-liberation.com

• Liberation Records, an American record label
• Liberation Music, an Australian record label

• Liberation (Bunny Wailer album), a 1989 album.
• Liberation (The Divine Comedy Album), a 1993 album.
• Liberation (1349 Album), a 2003 album.
• Liberation (Talib Kweli and Madlib album), a 2007 album.
• Liberation (Mýa album), a 2007 album.

• "Liberation", a song featuring Cee-Lo from Outkast's 1998 album Aquemini
• "Liberation", a song from the Pet Shop Boys, which appears on their 1993 album Very
• "Liberation", a song from the Mike Oldfield album The Millennium Bell
• "Liberate (song)", a single by Disturbed from their 2002 album Believe

• Liberation: Captive 2, a computer game for the Amiga CD32.
• Killzone: Liberation, the PlayStation Portable sequel to the PlayStation 2 game Killzone.
• The Liberation - RPG

• Liberation in eastern religions, another word for enlightenment or moksha (also called mukti).
• In Christianity, liberation theology is a school of theology that focuses on Jesus Christ as not only the Redeemer but also the Liberator of the Oppressed.

• A name given to various social movements such as Women's Liberation and Gay Liberation.
• Liberation, occupation by the United States of America

• The 1944 defeat and expulsion of Nazi Germany from France by the victorious Allies (see Military history of France during World War II).
• From a pro-Allied point of view: the 1944/45 "liberation" of Western Europe from German forces.
• From a pro-Soviet point of view: the 1944/45 "liberation" of Eastern Europe from German and other Axis forces.
• "War of Liberation" refers to Chinese Civil War in late 1940s by the Communist

• Revolution (disambiguation)
• Emancipation (disambiguation)

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