emancipate
to free from restraint, influence, or the like.
to free (a person) from bondage or slavery.
Roman and Civil Law. to terminate paternal control over.
Origin of emancipate
1synonym study For emancipate
Other words from emancipate
- e·man·ci·pa·tive, adjective
- e·man·ci·pa·tor, noun
- non·e·man·ci·pa·tive, adjective
- un·e·man·ci·pa·tive, adjective
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How to use emancipate in a sentence
In the utopian vision, technology emancipates human labor from repetitive, mundane tasks, freeing us to be more productive and take on more fulfilling work.
Robots were supposed to take our jobs. Instead, they’re making them worse. | Emily Stewart | July 2, 2021 | VoxThe newly emancipated responded with cries of joy and prayers of gratitude — a celebration that became known as Juneteenth.
The joy of Juneteenth: America’s long and uneven march from slavery to freedom | Gillian Brockell, Kate Rabinowitz, Frank Hulley-Jones | June 17, 2021 | Washington PostThey were emancipated in November 1848 and educated in New York, where they made anti-slavery speeches and attended anti-slavery meetings.
Desperate for freedom, 77 enslaved people tried to escape aboard the Pearl. They almost made it. | Gillian Brockell | April 16, 2021 | Washington PostIn Georgia, he became a skilled barber and was able to earn enough side money to emancipate himself.
The 10th president’s last surviving grandson: A bridge to the nation’s complicated past | Gillian Brockell | November 29, 2020 | Washington PostThe desire to emancipate Greece, the birthplace of democracy, ran strong among the British for centuries.
Poet and Rake, Lord Byron Was Also an Interventionist With Brains and Savvy | Michael Weiss | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Was the president planning to act on the wishes of the radicals of his party and emancipate all the slaves?
Lincoln the Primitive Communicator? What He Can Teach Modern Politicians | Douglas L. Wilson | December 15, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTNamely, that we are narcissistic, entitled, financial drains on our parents, unable to emancipate, and excessively solipsistic.
“Like so many other young people in this country, Timmy, when he reached age 18, was allowed to emancipate,” says Jeannette.
He might also emancipate an unmarried daughter, who thus in her own self became an independent family.
The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone JohnstonConservatism cannot emancipate itself from the conditions of the age.
The Contemporary Review, January 1883 | VariousCan Sir P. Perring understand the difference between finding fault with others, and seeking to emancipate ourselves?
The second effect has been to break down family, local, and national ties, and emancipate the individual man.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology | Robert E. ParkIt is necessary also to emancipate our minds from the obsession that only "ignorant foreigners" are affected.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology | Robert E. Park
British Dictionary definitions for emancipate
/ (ɪˈmænsɪˌpeɪt) /
to free from restriction or restraint, esp social or legal restraint
(often passive) to free from the inhibitions imposed by conventional morality
to liberate (a slave) from bondage
Origin of emancipate
1Derived forms of emancipate
- emancipated, adjective
- emancipative, adjective
- emancipator or emancipist, noun
- emancipatory (ɪˈmænsɪpətərɪ, -trɪ), adjective
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