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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

event go
something that happens at a given place and time

act, deed, human action, human activity go
something that people do or cause to happen

action go
something done (usually as opposed to something said)

accomplishment, achievement go
the action of accomplishing something

liberation, release, freeing
the act of liberating someone or something

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jail delivery go
the use of force to liberate prisoners
deregulation, deregulating go
the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations)
relief go
the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged
unsnarling, untangling, disentanglement, extrication go
the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition
emancipation go
freeing someone from the control of another
clearing go
the act of freeing from suspicion
manumission go
the formal act of freeing from slavery
parole go
(law) a conditional release from imprisonment that entitles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with
probation go
(law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them