/ 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.