EMANCIPATE
verb: eman·ci·pate i-ˈman(t)-sə-ˌpāt
emancipated; emancipating
transitive verb
– to free from restraint, control, or the power of another especially : to free from bondage
– to release from parental care and responsibility and make sui juris
– to free from any controlling influence (such as traditional mores or beliefs)
emancipator (noun)
i-ˈman(t)-sə-ˌpā-tər
emancipatory (adjective)
i-ˈman(t)-sə-pə-ˌtȯr-ē
Etymology (word history)
Latin emancipatus, past participle of emancipare, from e- + mancipare to transfer ownership of, from mancip-, manceps contractor, from manus hand + capere to take
Example Sentences
He felt the only way to emancipate himself from his parents was to move away.
Africans were emancipated from slavery.
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