lībĕrātĭo, ōnis, f. [libero], a freeing or becoming free, a delivering, releasing, release, liberation.
I In gen.: ipsa liberatione et vacuitate omnis molestiae gaudemus, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37: malorum, Quint. 5, 10, 33: culpae, Cic. Lig. 1, 1: rempublicam sub obtentu liberationis invadere, of setting it at liberty , Just. 5, 8, 12.—
II In partic.
A A discharge in a court of law, an acquittal : libidinosissimae liberationes, Cic. Pis. 36, 87.—
B In jurid. Lat., a discharge or release from debt, a payment : liberationis verbum eandem vim habet quam solutionis, Dig. 50, 16, 47: liberationem debitori legare, i. e. remission , ib. 34, 3, 3; cf.: de liberatione legata, of releasing from a debt by last will or testament , ib. 34, tit. 3.