emancipated

[ih-man-suh-pey-tid]

adjective

1. not constrained or restricted by custom, tradition, superstition, etc..

   a modern, emancipated woman.

2. freed, as from slavery or bondage.

Other Word Forms

• unemancipated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of emancipated¹

First recorded in 1720–30; emancipate + -ed ²

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