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    e·man·ci·pate
    /əˈmansəˌpāt/

    verb

    • 1. set free, especially from legal, social, or political restrictions: "the people were emancipated from the shackles of oppression"

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › emancipateEmancipate Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of EMANCIPATE is to free from restraint, control, or the power of another; especially : to free from bondage. How to use emancipate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Emancipate.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishEMANCIPATE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    EMANCIPATE definition: 1. to give people social or political freedom and rights 2. to give people social or political…. Learn more.

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    Emancipate definition: to free from restraint, influence, or the like.. See examples of EMANCIPATE used in a sentence.

  5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › emancipateEmancipate - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    If you emancipate someone, you set them free from something. At the end of the Civil War, slaves were emancipated and became free men and women.

  6. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › emancipationEmancipation Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    i-ˌman (t)-sə-ˈpā-sh (ə-)nist. noun. Did you know? The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, ordered that enslaved people living in rebellious territories be released from the bonds of ownership and made free people—their own masters.

  7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryEMANCIPATE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    EMANCIPATE meaning: 1. to give people social or political freedom and rights 2. to give people social or political…. Learn more.

  8. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › emancipateemancipate - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Jun 2, 2024 · To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: To set free, as a minor from a parent. The child was emancipated from its parents. To set free from slavery or bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit.

  9. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishEMANCIPATE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    emancipate in British English. (ɪˈmænsɪˌpeɪt) verb(transitive) 1. to free from restriction or restraint, esp social or legal restraint. 2.(often passive) to free from the inhibitions imposed by conventional morality. 3. to liberate (a slave) from bondage.

  10. www.thefreedictionary.com › emancipateEmancipate - definition of emancipate by The Free Dictionary

    1. to free from restriction or restraint, esp social or legal restraint. 2. ( often passive) to free from the inhibitions imposed by conventional morality. 3. to liberate (a slave) from bondage. [C17: from Latin ēmancipāre to give independence (to a son), from mancipāre to transfer property, from manceps a purchaser; see manciple] eˈmanciˌpated adj

  11. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionemancipate verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Verb Forms. to free somebody, especially from legal, political or social controls that limit what they can do synonym free. be emancipated Slaves were not emancipated until 1863 in the United States.

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