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emancipatory

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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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