[eman.ci.pate] vt -pat.ed ; -pat.ing [L emancipatus, pp. of emancipare, fr. e- + mancipare to transfer ownership of, fr. mancip-, manceps contractor, fr. manus hand + capere to take--more at manual, heave] (1613) 1: to free from restraint, control, or the power of another; esp: to free from bondage
2: to release from paternal care and responsibility and make sui juris
3: to free from any controlling influence (as traditional mores or beliefs) syn see free -- eman.ci.pa.tor n