/
ɪˈmansɪpeɪt/
v.
set free, especially from legal, social, or political restrictions.
▸free from slavery.
▸Law set (a child) free from the authority of its parents.
Derivative
- emancipation n.
- emancipator n.
- emancipatory adj.
Etymology
C17: from L. emancipat-, emancipare ‘transfer as property’, from e- ‘out’ + mancipium ‘slave’.
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