[ ɪ'mansɪpeɪt ]
■ verb set free, especially from legal, social, or political restrictions.
↘free from slavery.
↘ Law set (a child) free from the authority of its parents.
Derivatives
emancipation noun
emancipator noun
emancipatory adjective
Origin
C17: from L. emancipat- , emancipare 'transfer as property', from e- 'out' + mancipium 'slave'.