(~s, emancipating, ~d)
If people are ~d, they are freed from unpleasant or unfair social, political, or legal restrictions. (FORMAL)
Catholics were ~d in 1792...
That war preserved the Union and ~d the slaves...
...the newly ~d state...
= liberate
VERB: be V-ed, V n, V-ed
emancipation
...the emancipation of women.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n