emancipate (Meaning)
emancipate (v)
give equal rights to; of women and minorities
free from slavery or servitude
emancipate (v. t.)
To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: (a) To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child. (b) To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit; as, to emancipate a slave, or a country.
To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence; as, to emancipate one from prejudices or error.
emancipate (a.)
Set at liberty.
Synonyms & Antonyms of emancipate
Synonyms:
- discharge
- unbind
- spring
- enlarge
- extricate
- disenthrall
- disenthral
- uncage
- unchain
- turn loose
- unfetter
- loose
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FAQs About the word emancipate
give equal rights to; of women and minorities, free from slavery or servitudeTo set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: (a) To set free, as a minor
enfranchise,liberate, rescue, free, loosen, manumit, release, save, discharge,unbind
confine, fetter, confine, bind, restrain,restrain, fetter, bind, jail, shackle
The abolitionist movement sought to emancipate enslaved individuals from the bonds of oppression.
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the Confederate states during the American Civil War.
The emancipation of women gradually granted them greater rights and autonomy.
The United Nations works to emancipate people from poverty, disease, and conflict.
