| Verb | 1. | set free - grant freedom to; "The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university"affranchise, enfranchise - grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude; "Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century" decolonise, decolonize - grant independence to (a former colony); "West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's" | |