Emancipation Definition
ĭ-mănsə-pāshən
noun
The act or an instance of emancipating.
American Heritage
The condition of being emancipated.
American Heritage
The liberation of an individual or a group from a constraint, such as the emancipation of slaves; in family law, the process by which a minor child becomes legally and financially independent of his or her parents and receives the legal rights, at least in some respects, of an adult.
Webster's New World Law
The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence.
Wiktionary
The state of being thus set free; liberation; used of slaves, minors, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjection.
US President Abraham Lincoln was called the Great Emancipator after issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
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Other Word Forms of Emancipation
Noun
Singular:
emancipation
Plural:
emancipationsOrigin of Emancipation
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1630, from French émancipation, from Latin emancipatio. In the US, with reference to anti-slavery, abolitionism, first used in 1785 by Charles Godfrey Leland.. In Britain, with reference to easing of restrictions on Catholics is 19th century.
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