emancipation

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US /ɪˌmæn.səˈpeɪ.ʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #25798

Meanings

1

noun
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!
2

noun
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.
3

noun
freeing someone from the control of another

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Synonyms

1 noun · the act of setting free... manumission

Word family

Derived forms emancipationistnonemancipationpostemancipation

Related forms emancipateemancipatoremancipatoricemancipatrix

Etymology

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.

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# emancipation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɪˌmæn.səˈpeɪ.ʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 25798

## Meanings
1. The act of setting free from the power of another, as from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence.
2. 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).
3. freeing someone from the control of another

## Examples
- 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!
- US President Abraham Lincoln was called the Great Emancipator after issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.

## Derived Forms
- emancipationist
- nonemancipation
- postemancipation

## Related Forms
- emancipate
- emancipator
- emancipatoric
- emancipatrix

## Etymology
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.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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