emancipation

[ ih-man-suh-pey-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. the act of emancipating.

  2. the state or fact of being emancipated.

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Origin of emancipation

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First recorded in 1625–35; from Latin ēmancipātiōn-, stem of ēmancipātiō, from ēmancipāt(us) “freed from control” (past participle of ēmancipāre “to free from control”; see emancipate) + -iō -ion

Other 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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British Dictionary definitions for emancipation

emancipation

/ (ɪˌmænsɪˈpeɪʃən) /


noun
  1. the act of freeing or state of being freed; liberation

  2. informal freedom from inhibition and convention

Derived forms of emancipation

  • emancipationist, noun

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