emancipated

[ ih-man-suh-pey-tid ]
/ ɪˈmæn səˌpeɪ tɪd /
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adjective

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

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Origin of emancipated

First recorded in 1720–30; emancipate + -ed2

OTHER WORDS FROM emancipated

un·e·man·ci·pat·ed, adjective

Words nearby emancipated

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Definition for emancipated (2 of 2)

emancipate
[ ih-man-suh-peyt ]
/ ɪˈmæn səˌpeɪt /

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

synonym study for emancipate

1, 2. See release.

OTHER WORDS FROM emancipate

e·man·ci·pa·tive, adjectivee·man·ci·pa·tor, nounnon·e·man·ci·pa·tive, adjectiveun·e·man·ci·pa·tive, adjective
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Words related to emancipated

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

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British Dictionary definitions for emancipated

emancipate
/ (ɪˈmænsɪˌpeɪt) /

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 forms of emancipate

emancipated, 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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