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emancipated - 3 dictionary results

e⋅man⋅ci⋅pat⋅ed

  [i-man-suh-pey-tid]
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–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 + -ed 2

e⋅man⋅ci⋅pate

  [i-man-suh-peyt]
–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 ēmancipātus (ptp. of ēmancipāre) freed from control, equiv. to ē- e- + man(us) hand + -cip- (comb. form of capere to seize) + -ātus -ate 1

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   (ĭ-mān'sə-pāt')   
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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