accomplishment, achievement - the action of accomplishing something

jail delivery - the use of force to liberate prisoners

deregulating, deregulation - the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations)

relief - the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged; "he asked for troops for the relief of Atlanta"

disentanglement, extrication, unsnarling, untangling - the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition

emancipation - freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child

clearing - the act of freeing from suspicion

manumission - the formal act of freeing from slavery; "he believed in the manumission of the slaves"

parole - (law) a conditional release from imprisonment that entitiles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with

probation - (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them; a defendant found guilty of a crime is released by the court without imprisonment subject to conditions imposed by the court; "probation is part of the sentencing process"