emancipate[verb]Synonyms: free, deliver, liberate, release, set free, unchain, unfetter
Antonyms: enslave
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
e‧man‧ci‧pate /ɪˈmænsəpeɪt, ɪˈmænsɪpeɪt/
verb [transitive][
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Latin;
Origin: emancipatus, past participle of emancipare, from mancipium 'ownership']
formal to give someone the political or legal rights that they did not have before:
Slaves were emancipated in 1834.—emancipation /ɪˌmænsəˈpeɪʃ
ən, ɪˌmænsɪˈpeɪʃ
ən/
noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲