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e·man·ci·pat·ed    Audio Help   [i-man-suh-pey-tid] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.not constrained or restricted by custom, tradition, superstition, etc.: a modern, emancipated woman.
2.freed, as from slavery or bondage.
[Origin: 1720–30; emancipate + -ed2]
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e·man·ci·pate    Audio Help   [i-man-suh-peyt] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -pat·ed, -pat·ing.
1.to free from restraint, influence, or the like.
2.to free (a slave) from bondage.
3.Roman and Civil Law. to terminate paternal control over.
[Origin: 1615–25; < L émancipātus (ptp. of émancipāre) freed from control, equiv. to é- e- + man(us) hand + -cip- (comb. form of capere to seize) + -ātus -ate1]

—Related forms
e·man·ci·pa·tive, adjective
e·man·ci·pa·tor, noun

—Synonyms 1, 2. See release.
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e·man·ci·pate    Audio Help   (ĭ-mān'sə-pāt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   e·man·ci·pat·ed, e·man·ci·pat·ing, e·man·ci·pates
  1. To free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate.
  2. Law To release (a child) from the control of parents or a guardian.


[Latin ēmancipāre, ēmancipāt- : ē-, ex-, ex- + mancipāre, to sell, transfer (from manceps, mancip-, purchaser; see man-2 in Indo-European roots).]

e·man'ci·pa'tive, e·man'ci·pa·to'ry (-pə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj., e·man'ci·pa'tor n.
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emancipated

adjective
free from traditional social restraints; "an emancipated young woman pursuing her career"; "a liberated lifestyle" 

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