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   emancipate

   /ɪˈmansɪpeɪt/

   verb

   • 1. set free, especially from legal, social, or political restrictions: "the people were emancipated from the shackles of oppression"
   • ▪ set (a child) free from the authority of its parents: "the plaintiffs had not been entirely emancipated from their father's control"
   • ▪ free (someone) from slavery: "it is estimated that he emancipated 8,000 slaves"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin emancipat- ‘transferred as property’, from the verb emancipare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + mancipium ‘slave’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. emancipatory adjective

   Scrabble Points: 16

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishMeaning of emancipate in English - Cambridge Dictionary

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   to give people social or political freedom and rights. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Liberating, relaxing and releasing.

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   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.

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   verb. to free from restriction or restraint, esp social or legal restraint. often passive to free from the inhibitions imposed by conventional morality. to liberate (a slave) from bondage.

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

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   to give people social or political freedom and rights. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Liberating, relaxing and releasing.

6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › emancipateemancipate verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   Definition of emancipate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   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.

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

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   verb. If people are emancipated, they are freed from unpleasant or unfair social, political, or legal restrictions. [formal] Catholics were emancipated in 1792. [be VERB -ed] That war preserved the Union and emancipated enslaved people. [VERB noun] ...the newly emancipated state.