The act of setting free from the power of another, as from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence.
The state of being thus set free; liberation (used, for example, of slaves from bondage, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjugation).
The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.