EMANCIPATE


Meaning of EMANCIPATE in English

/ ɪˈmænsɪpeɪt; NAmE / verb

[ vn ] [ often passive ] emancipate sb (from sth) to free sb, especially from legal, political or social restrictions.

SYN set free :

Slaves were not emancipated until 1863 in the United States.

►  eman·ci·pated adjective :

Are women now fully emancipated (= with the same rights and opportunities as men) ?

an emancipated young woman (= one with modern ideas about women's place in society)

►  eman·ci·pa·tion / ɪˌmænsɪˈpeɪʃn; NAmE / noun [ U ]:

the emancipation of slaves

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WORD ORIGIN

early 17th cent.: from Latin emancipat- transferred as property, from the verb emancipare , from e- (variant of ex- ) out + mancipium slave.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.