emancipation

[ih-man-suh-pey-shuh n]

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noun

the act of emancipating.

the state or fact of being emancipated.

Origin of emancipation

1625–35; < Latin ēmancipātiōn- (stem of ēmancipātiō), equivalent to ēmancipāt(us) (see emancipate) + -iōn- -ion

Related formsnon·e·man·ci·pa·tion, nounpre·e·man·ci·pa·tion, nounself-e·man·ci·pa·tion, noun

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Related Words for emancipation

liberation, independence, release, delivery, deliverance, liberty, enfranchisement

Examples from the Web for emancipation

Contemporary Examples of emancipation

But from the anguish of soulless industrial lagers rises the emancipation of artisan brewing.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama
Jeff Campagna
November 30, 2014
The Emancipation Proclamation, as Nancy Pelosi reminds us, was an executive action.
Why We Can’t Quit Calling Presidents ‘Kings’
Kevin Bleyer
November 22, 2014
Education for everyone, land sharing, emancipation of women, and equal rights for black Cubans.
Russell Brand’s Revolution For Morons
Michael Moynihan
November 2, 2014
That's why their emancipation is such a threat to cruel patriarchal power.
Forgotten Mothers
Tina Brown
May 11, 2014
Free blacks in particular, Davis writes, “provided the key to emancipation.”
How Blacks Freed Themselves from Slavery
Eric Herschthal
February 18, 2014

Historical Examples of emancipation

Do you find them in the emancipation of the South American Republics?
The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII)
John Greenleaf Whittier
Some discontent was caused by the emancipation of the serfs.
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 12, June 18, 1870
Various
Emancipation--Ruin--Golden Rule, in your meaning, carried out.
Slavery Ordained of God
Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
Portugal, Spain, and Russia, are moving in the work of emancipation.
Cleveland Past and Present
Maurice Joblin
God has a great deal to do before he is ready for emancipation.
Slavery Ordained of God
Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.

British Dictionary definitions for emancipation

emancipation

noun

the act of freeing or state of being freed; liberation

informal freedom from inhibition and convention

Derived Formsemancipationist, noun

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Word Origin and History for emancipation

1630s, "a setting free," from French émancipation, from Latin emancipationem (nominative emancipatio), noun of action from past participle stem of emancipare (see emancipate). Specifically with reference to U.S. slavery from 1785. In Britain, with reference to easing of restrictions on Catholics, etc.