ə̇ˌman(t)səˈpāshən, (ˌ)ēˌ-, -maan- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Latin emancipation-, emancipatio, from emancipatus + -ion-, -io -ion
1. : the act or process of setting or making free : liberation
the emancipation of slaves
broadly : deliverance from any onerous and controlling power or influence
emancipation of the mind from superstition
2. : the act or procedure of legally freeing from the paternal power
3. : gradual segregation of an originally homogeneous embryo into fields with different specific potentialities for development