emancipation
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6.7
- noun
- /ɪˌmæn.sɪˈpeɪ.ʃən/
- Formal
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emancipación
- So the campaign for female emancipation had many, many unexpected and welcome beneficial consequences.
- emancipation from slavery
- Emancipation Proclamation
- emancipation of women
And then the same thing happened with women's emancipation.
- And then the same thing happened with women's emancipation.
- So there is nothing more threatening to male psychology than female sexual emancipation.
- And I think also people weren't really aware of the journey that had taken place after Emancipation.
- OK, theoretically it ended with the Emancipation Declaration, but that was only theoretical.
- And I, there was a lot that was stirring up for him at that time because of emancipation.
Examples
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Long after Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Have you ever heard of the Emancipation Proclamation?
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This was before the emancipation.
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Our legacy was our freedom, long before emancipation.
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Say, for the emancipation of the local slaves.
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Like others, he saw Jewish emancipation as a promise made good by the Revolution.
Academic text (1999) -
Consider again the real-world local government crisis facing every southern state and county after emancipation.
Academic text (2017) -
In one fell swoop with emancipation, millions of former slaves were now citizens.
Academic text (2017) -
The feudal control of the planters on their plantations was eradicated with emancipation.
Academic text (2017) -
The emancipation of the enslaved people was a monumental step toward equality and justice.
Synonyms
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1.8
An act of letting someone or something go free from being held
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3.9
The act of setting people free from control or unfair treatment
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3.4
Releasing people or animals who were kept against their will
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9.9
An official act of freeing people from slavery
Antonyms
How Free
Surface Forms
Morphology
emancipation = emancipate (transparent) = emancipate + ion
Regular nominalization from the verb 'emancipate' to denote 'the act or result of emancipating'.
Etymology
Emancipation comes from old Latin parts that mean 'out' and 'hand': em- 'out of' and manus 'hand', the same root as manual. So, to be emancipated is to be taken 'out of someone's hand', which is why emancipation means being set free from control or slavery.