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liberate

See also justification, save
  1. thar ba/ 

    Biblical: to be justified, absolved from sin, liberated, released, or set free: snod bcud kyang mi rtag pa'i dbang las thar te/  liberated from its bondage to decay (Rom. 8:21), khyo shi na khrims las thar bas/  if her husband dies, [she] is released from the law (Rom. 7:3).

    Buddhist: see justify, save.

  2. sgrol/ 

    p. bsgral/  [save, deliver from] deliverance, rescue, freedom (from)

    Biblical: bkod pa thams cad kyang mi rtag pa de las bsgral nas/  the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay (Rom. 8:21 SV).

    Buddhist: see save.