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emancipation

[ ih-man-suh-pey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act of emancipating.
  2. the state or fact of being emancipated. emancipated.


emancipation

/ ɪˌmænsɪˈpeɪʃən /

noun

  1. the act of freeing or state of being freed; liberation
  2. informal.
    freedom from inhibition and convention


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Derived Forms

  • eˌmanciˈpationist, noun

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Other Words From

  • none·manci·pation noun
  • pree·manci·pation noun
  • self-e·manci·pation noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of emancipation1

First recorded in 1625–35; from Latin ēmancipātiōn-, stem of ēmancipātiō, from ēmancipāt(us) “freed from control” (past participle of ēmancipāre “to free from control”; emancipate ) + -iō -ion

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Example Sentences

But from the anguish of soulless industrial lagers rises the emancipation of artisan brewing.

The Copperheads, a group of Midwestern Democrats, made the accusation—and far worse—against President Lincoln during Emancipation.

The Emancipation Proclamation, as Nancy Pelosi reminds us, was an executive action.

Education for everyone, land sharing, emancipation of women, and equal rights for black Cubans.

That's why their emancipation is such a threat to cruel patriarchal power.

I rejoice in being able to say that the general tendency of the speeches was towards universal Emancipation, mental and physical.

The excitement attending the reform act, indeed, had not been neglected by the friends of emancipation.

Cruce and Leclerc, all ready to march under the guidance of your highness, to the emancipation of religion and the throne.

Mr. Labouchere maintained that the result of the great experiment of emancipation would depend on the fate of this bill.

Her religious notions and home-grown prejudices were antagonistic to the complete emancipation of her intelligence.

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