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emancipation

  • /ɪˌmæn.səˈpeɪ.ʃən/

Rhymes with -eɪʃən

Where it comes from

1630, from French émancipation, from Latin ēmancipātiō. In the US, with reference to anti-slavery, abolitionism, first used in 1785 by Charles Godfrey Leland. In Britain, with reference to easing of restrictions on Catholics, in 19th century.

noun emancipations

  1. uncountable, usually The act of setting free from the power of another, as from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence. Ireland, last year, was to be paradise, if that Peri, emancipation, was but sent there; now it is a wretched, degraded, oppressed country, unless the Union be dissolved! What ever will it be the year after? So much for any certainty of right in this world!

    Similar: manumission

  2. uncountable, usually The state of being thus set free; liberation (used, for example, of slaves from bondage, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjugation). US President Abraham Lincoln was called the Great Emancipator after issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: freeing, liberate, liberation, liberating, enfranchisement, release, disengagement, advancement, empowerment, freedom, equalisation, equality, liberalisation, postage, liberalization, editorial

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noun act of setting free from the power of another

Españolemancipación, manumisión
日本語解放 kaihō
中文解放 jiěfàng
Portuguêsemancipação
Françaisémancipation
DeutschEmanzipation, Freilassung
Ελληνικάχειραφέτηση cheirafétisi
Românăemancipare
Русскийэмансипа́ция emansipácija, освобожде́ние osvoboždénije
עבריתאמנציפציה emantsipátsya

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@misc{emancipation_2026,
  title = {emancipation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/emancipation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}