emancipation
the act of emancipating.
the state or fact of being emancipated.
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Origin of emancipation
1Other words from emancipation
- non·e·man·ci·pa·tion, noun
- pre·e·man·ci·pa·tion, noun
- self-e·man·ci·pa·tion, noun
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How to use emancipation in a sentence
They allowed women to avoid unwanted pregnancies and marriages, giving them the opportunity to pursue careers outside the home, and get on their way to financial emancipation.
The best chance for better contraceptives comes from the developing world | Annalisa Merelli | July 6, 2021 | QuartzThe Post also published on Thursday an interactive package documenting the progress of emancipation across states, with archival photos, personal accounts and links to The Post’s coverage.
How publishers are handling the Juneteenth holiday this year | Sara Guaglione | June 18, 2021 | DigidayGayle Rubin and Pat Califia write articles calling all consensual acts, including sadomasochism, a form of women’s emancipation.
For today’s feminist writers, sex makes a comeback | Meredith Maran | June 17, 2021 | Washington PostIn other words, it took two years for the emancipation of enslaved people to materialize legally.
As much as Juneteenth represents freedom, it also represents how emancipation was tragically delayed for enslaved people in the deepest reaches of the Confederacy.
But from the anguish of soulless industrial lagers rises the emancipation of artisan brewing.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama | Jeff Campagna | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Copperheads, a group of Midwestern Democrats, made the accusation—and far worse—against President Lincoln during emancipation.
The emancipation Proclamation, as Nancy Pelosi reminds us, was an executive action.
Education for everyone, land sharing, emancipation of women, and equal rights for black Cubans.
That's why their emancipation is such a threat to cruel patriarchal power.
I rejoice in being able to say that the general tendency of the speeches was towards universal emancipation, mental and physical.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyThe excitement attending the reform act, indeed, had not been neglected by the friends of emancipation.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanCruce and Leclerc, all ready to march under the guidance of your highness, to the emancipation of religion and the throne.
Chicot the Jester | Alexandre Dumas, PereMr. Labouchere maintained that the result of the great experiment of emancipation would depend on the fate of this bill.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanHer religious notions and home-grown prejudices were antagonistic to the complete emancipation of her intelligence.
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket | Honore de Balzac
British Dictionary definitions for emancipation
/ (ɪˌmænsɪˈpeɪʃən) /
the act of freeing or state of being freed; liberation
informal freedom from inhibition and convention
Derived forms of emancipation
- emancipationist, noun
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