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  • 41authorize — au·tho·rize / ȯ thə ˌrīz/ vt rized, riz·ing 1: to give permission to 2: to give authority to act to au·tho·ri·za·tion /ˌȯ thə rə zā shən/ n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster …

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  • 42release — re·lease 1 vt re·leased, re·leas·ing 1 a: to relieve or free from obligation, liability, or responsibility the debtor is released from all dischargeable debts b: to give up (a claim, title, or right) to the benefit of another person: surrender …

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  • 43Reconstruction Era of the United States — In the history of the United States, the term Reconstruction Era has two senses: the first covers the entire nation in the period 1865–1877 following the Civil War; the second one, used in this article, covers the transformation of the Southern… …

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  • 44allow — al·low /ə lau̇/ vt: to give approval of or permission for: as a: to grant fulfillment of allow ed her petition for relief b: to decide in favor of allow a deduction on a tax return c: to permit to be presented …

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  • 45emancipate — eman·ci·pate /i man sə ˌpāt/ vt pat·ed, pat·ing 1: to free from restraint, control, or the power of another; esp: to free from bondage emancipated the slaves compare enfranchise 2: to release from the care, r …

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  • 46disenthrall — I verb bail out, deliver, deliver from bondage, discharge, disengage, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate, free, free from bondage, free from thralldom, give liberty to, let go, let loose, let out, let out of prison, liberate, liberate from… …

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  • 47free — 1 adj 1 a: having the legal and political rights of a citizen representatives...shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons U.S. Constitution art. I b: enjoying civil and political liberty a free people c: enjoying political …

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  • 48liberate — I verb acquit, affranchise, bail out, deliver, discharge, disembroil, disengage, disenthrall, disimprison, dislodge, dismiss, emancipate, enfranchise, exculpate, exonerate, extract, franchise, free, give freedom, give liberty to, let go, let… …

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  • 49emancipate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. liberate, free, release, deliver, manumit, set free, enfranchise. See liberation. Ant., enslave. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. free, release, liberate, deliver; see free 1 . See Synonym Study at free .… …

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  • 50Freedom — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Freedom >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 freedom freedom liberty independence Sgm: N 1 license license &c.(permission) 760 Sgm: N 1 facility facility &c. 705 GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 scope …

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