emancipation

[ih-man-suh-pey-shuhn]

noun

1. the act of emancipating.

2. the state or fact of being emancipated. emancipated.

emancipation

/ ɪˌmænsɪˈpeɪʃən /

noun

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

2. informal,  freedom from inhibition and convention

Other Word Forms

• nonemancipation noun
• preemancipation noun
• self-emancipation noun
• emancipationist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of emancipation¹

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”; emancipate ) + -iō -ion

Example Sentences

Full emancipation for enslaved people in the British Empire, excluding some exceptions like the East India Company, was granted by the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833.

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In 1974, Sadr launched the Movement of the Deprived, a social and political organisation which called for proportional representation for the Shia and social and economic emancipation for the poor, regardless of their religion.

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After emancipation, we became dangerous, lazy and worthless.

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Instead, he proclaims the Good News of Jubilee: A vision of social and economic emancipation for the entirety of humanity.

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The Bible had a solution for this: the tradition of Jubilee, a 50-year ritual of debt forgiveness, land restoration and the emancipation of slaves and indentured servants.

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Related Words

• independence 
• liberation