emancipate
verb (used with object)
to free from restraint, influence, or the like.
emancipatory
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a word derived from
emancipate.
Example Sentences
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These actions undermined the slaveholders’ power, destabilized systems of slavery and, in some cases, hastened the enactment of emancipatory laws.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
Whereas each track on “The BPM” is more emancipatory than the one that precedes it; home means something new, a deliberate renovation of received ideas of how to make a house a home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2025
Ignorance is the enemy of critical thinking, engaged intellectuals and emancipatory forms of education.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2022
The full cast of eight dancers advances in ranks, throwing down their most emancipatory, drum-driven steps and then staring down the audience from the lip of the stage.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2022
Furthermore, when the Ordinance of 1787 with its famous sixth article against slavery was proclaimed, it was soon discovered that this document was not necessarily emancipatory.
From A Century of Negro Migration by Carter Godwin Woodson
