disenthrall

English

Alternative forms

• disenthral (UK)
• disinthral (archaic)

Etymology

From dis- +‎ enthrall.

Verb

disenthrall (third-person singular simple present disenthralls, present participle disenthralling, simple past and past participle disenthralled)

1. (transitive) To free from slavery or captivation (thraldom).
   • 2008 March 30, Peter Applebome, “Applying Gandhi’s Ideas to Climate Change”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     He noted Gandhi’s sense of satyagraha and a statement of Lincoln’s during the depths of the Civil War: “We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.”

Translations

To free from slavery or captivation

• German: befreien (de)

Anagrams

• Litherlands