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

un·e·man·ci·pat·ed, adjective

My foundation is ending the year with a renewed focus on our mission to give our emancipated foster youth a brighter future.
Earth, Wind & Fire’s Philip Bailey Hosts Virtual Holiday Gala|cmurray|December 3, 2020|Essence.com
The two girls were legally emancipated and returned to the Covington household.
Beaten By His Church for Being Gay|Justin Jones|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My birth certificate was modified, I changed my name, and when I was sixteen I emancipated from my grandparents and my father.
Exclusive: Michael Phelps’s Intersex Self-Proclaimed Girlfriend, Taylor Lianne Chandler, Tells All|Aurora Snow|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Rogue female knights and emancipated Wildlings are approaching the center of the story.
Daenerys Goes to Washington: The Modern Politics of ‘Game of Thrones’|Jedediah Purdy|April 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Britain set the precedent when, in 1838, they emancipated all its 800,000 Caribbean slaves.
How Blacks Freed Themselves from Slavery|Eric Herschthal|February 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Courtney Love, on the other hand, emancipated herself at age 16, long before she gained fame as a rock star and actress.
Want to Get Emancipated From Your Parents? Better Be Rich|Eliza Shapiro|May 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I am quite sure that were I young in these emancipated times I should take full advantage of them.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
Above all, he must have emancipated himself, although in a friendly way, from the influence of Nicholas Rubinstein.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
He was somewhat inclined to sybaritism; not quite emancipated from the tendencies of his bourgeois youth.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman
Man at last is emancipated and is now beginning to take his place side by side with woman.
The Whale and the Grasshopper|Seumas O'Brien
Reason had been more completely emancipated at the Reformation than it was at first at all aware of.
The English Church in the Eighteenth Century|Charles J. Abbey and John H. Overton