🔓emancipate

verb
/ɪˈmæn.sɪ.peɪt/

Meaning

To free from restraint, control, or the power of another; to liberate.
to set someone free from legal, social, or political restrictions; to liberate from slavery or oppression

Example Sentences

The movement aimed to emancipate slaves from oppression.

The law was designed to emancipate slaves and grant them full citizenship.

Example Expressions

emancipate from bondage

Synonyms

liberate, free, release, deliver, unshackle
Entry 1
liberate, free, release, deliver, unshackle
Entry 2
liberate, free, release, deliver

Antonyms

enslave, confine, oppress, restrict, bind
Entry 1
enslave, confine
Entry 2
enslave, oppress, restrict, bind

Collocations

emancipate women, emancipate slaves, emancipate from, emancipate from bondage, fully emancipate
Entry 1
emancipate women, emancipate slaves, emancipate from
Entry 2
emancipate slaves, emancipate women, emancipate from bondage, fully emancipate

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