emancipated

[ih-man-suh-pey-tid]

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adjective

not constrained or restricted by custom, tradition, superstition, etc.: a modern, emancipated woman.
freed, as from slavery or bondage.

Origin of emancipated

First recorded in 1720–30; emancipate + -ed²

Related formsun·e·man·ci·pat·ed, adjective

emancipate

[ih-man-suh-peyt]

verb (used with object), e·man·ci·pat·ed, e·man·ci·pat·ing.

to free from restraint, influence, or the like.
to free (a slave) from bondage.
Roman and Civil Law. to terminate paternal control over.

Origin of emancipate

1615–25; < Latin ēmancipātus (past participle of ēmancipāre) freed from control, equivalent to ē- e-¹ + man(us) hand + -cip- (combining form of capere to seize) + -ātus -ate¹

Related formse·man·ci·pa·tive, adjectivee·man·ci·pa·tor, nounnon·e·man·ci·pa·tive, adjectiveun·e·man·ci·pa·tive, adjective

Synonym study

1, 2. See release.

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Related Words for emancipated

loosen, liberate, unbind, loose, deliver, enfranchise, disencumber, release, discharge, manumit, affranchise, unchain, disenthral, unfetter, unshackle

Examples from the Web for emancipated

Contemporary Examples of emancipated

My birth certificate was modified, I changed my name, and when I was sixteen I emancipated from my grandparents and my father.
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Rogue female knights and emancipated Wildlings are approaching the center of the story.
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Britain set the precedent when, in 1838, they emancipated all its 800,000 Caribbean slaves.
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Eric Herschthal
February 18, 2014
Courtney Love, on the other hand, emancipated herself at age 16, long before she gained fame as a rock star and actress.
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May 17, 2013
White conservatives may agree that modern conservatism has emancipated itself from the racial past.
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Historical Examples of emancipated

For the fetters which bind us can not be shaken off, before the conscience is emancipated.
The Book of Khalid
Ameen Rihani
More too than in any other of his Dialogues, Plato is emancipated from former philosophies.
Symposium
Plato
In any case, the neighborhood has been emancipated from its worst disadvantages.
The business career in its public relations
Albert Shaw
He liked the woods because they emancipated him from restraint.
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Various
She is an apologist of sublime lewdness, of emancipated human caninity.
'Charge It'
Irving Bacheller

British Dictionary definitions for emancipated

emancipate

verb (tr)

to free from restriction or restraint, esp social or legal restraint
(often passive) to free from the inhibitions imposed by conventional morality
to liberate (a slave) from bondage

Derived Formsemancipated, adjectiveemancipative, adjectiveemancipator or emancipist, nounemancipatory (ɪˈmænsɪpətərɪ, -trɪ), adjective

Word Origin for emancipate

C17: from Latin ēmancipāre to give independence (to a son), from mancipāre to transfer property, from manceps a purchaser; see manciple

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Word Origin and History for emancipated

emancipate

1620s, from Latin emancipatus, past participle of emancipare "declare (someone) free, give up one's authority over," in Roman law, the freeing of a son or wife from the legal authority (patria potestas) of the pater familias, to make his or her own way in the world; from ex- "out, away" (see ex-) + mancipare "deliver, transfer or sell," from mancipum "ownership," from manus "hand" (see manual) + capere "take" (see capable). Related: Emancipated; emancipating. Adopted in the cause of religious toleration (17c.), then anti-slavery (1776). Also used in reference to women who free themselves from conventional customs (1850).