12
release(noun, liberty, salvation, freeing, deliverance)
10
liberation(noun, release, freedom, liberty, salvation)
6
discharge(noun, hold, keep, release, free)
6
abolition(noun, release, liberty, salvation, freeing)
5
dismissal(noun, release, liberty, salvation, freeing)
5
freeing(noun, release, freedom, liberty)
4
deliverance(noun, release, freedom, liberty, freeing)
4
sovereignty(noun, release, freedom, liberty, freeing)
3
abandonment(noun, release, liberty, salvation, freeing)
3
liberty(noun, release, freedom, freeing)
2
allocation(noun, release, liberty, salvation, freeing)
2
assignment(noun, release, liberty, salvation, freeing)
2
cast(noun, release, catch, side, liberty)
2
delivery(noun, quiet, release, transfer, liberty)
2
dereliction(noun, release, liberty, salvation, freeing)
2
disposition(noun, release, liberty, salvation, freeing)
2
distribution(noun, hold, release, liberty, keeping)
2
separation(noun, release, liberty, salvation, freeing)
2
abdicator(noun, release, liberty, salvation, freeing)
2
ablation(noun, release, liberty, salvation, freeing)
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