transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪmænsɪpeɪt ]
( emancipates, emancipating, emancipated)
If people are emancipated , they are freed from unpleasant or unfair social, political, or legal restrictions. ( FORMAL )
Catholics were emancipated in 1792...
That war preserved the Union and emancipated the slaves...
...the newly emancipated state...
= liberate
VERB : be V-ed , V n , V-ed
• eman‧ci‧pa‧tion
...the emancipation of women.
N-UNCOUNT : oft N of n