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.

Words nearby emancipated

emalangeni, emanant, emanate, emanation, emancipate, emancipated, emancipation, emancipation proclamation, emancipationist, emanuel, emarginate

Origin of emancipated

First recorded in 1720–30; emancipate + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM emancipated

un·e·man·ci·pat·ed, adjective

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

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

synonym study for emancipate

1, 2. See release.

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Examples from the Web for 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.
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

His father was very much in this mode, a Hungarian refugee, secular, "emancipated," but much like Herzl, shaped by anti-Semitism.
How Yair Lapid's Gambit Ends|Bernard Avishai|March 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
His spirit is more than destruction; it is supremacy over chaotic elements and the triumph of the emancipated spirit.
The Arena|Various
The first desire of the emancipated slave, generally, is for education.
Uncle Tom's Cabin|Harriet Beecher Stowe
It now becomes a grave question whether the freedom of the emancipated slaves will prove a boon or a curse to them.
Nature and Culture|Harvey Rice
In Virginia all emancipated slaves remaining twelve months in the State, are kindly restored to their former condition.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus|American Anti-Slavery Society
In the sky, surrounding his emancipated heart on every side, he felt the presence of his mother, that one poor woman.
Stories from Tagore|Rabindranath Tagore

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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