emancipation

[ih-man-suh-pey-shuhn]

noun

1. the act of emancipating.

2. the state or fact of being emancipated. emancipated.

emancipation

/ ɪˌmænsɪˈpeɪʃən /

noun

1. the act of freeing or state of being freed; liberation

2. informal,  freedom from inhibition and convention

Other Word Forms

• nonemancipation noun
• preemancipation noun
• self-emancipation noun
• emancipationist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of emancipation¹

First recorded in 1625–35; from Latin ēmancipātiōn-, stem of ēmancipātiō, from ēmancipāt(us) “freed from control” (past participle of ēmancipāre “to free from control”; emancipate ) + -iō -ion

Example Sentences

Wartime production, rail expansion and emancipation were reshaping labor markets.

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Relentless in his campaign for emancipation and equal citizenship, Douglass secured his place as both a pillar of American democracy and an enduring emblem of black achievement.

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Full emancipation for enslaved people in the British Empire, excluding some exceptions like the East India Company, was granted by the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833.

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In 1974, Sadr launched the Movement of the Deprived, a social and political organisation which called for proportional representation for the Shia and social and economic emancipation for the poor, regardless of their religion.

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After emancipation, we became dangerous, lazy and worthless.

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Related Words

• independence 
• liberation