emancipation
1630, from French émancipation, from Latin ēmancipātiō. Pronunciation
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1630, from French émancipation, from Latin ēmancipātiō. Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɨˈmænsɨˌpeɪʃnˌ/
emancipation (uncountable)
- The act of setting free from the power of another, as from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence.
- The state of being thus set free; liberation (used, for example, of slaves from bondage, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjugation).
- US President Abraham Lincoln was called the Great Emancipator after issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
- (setting free from slavery) manumission
- emancipate
- emancipator
- emancipatoric (rare, non-standard)
- emancipatrix
- French: émancipation
- German: Emanzipation, Freilassung
- Portuguese: emancipação
- Russian: эмансипа́ция
- Spanish: emancipación
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