Emancipate
/ɪˈmæn.sɪ.peɪt/
Definitions
- (v.) To free from legal, social, or political restrictions; to liberate.
The new law aimed to emancipate all enslaved individuals.
Forms
- emancipates
- emancipated
- emancipating
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Commentary
Often used in contexts of freeing minors from parental control or slaves from bondage; legal emancipation may require formal court procedures.
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