emancipate
verbNAmE//ɪˈmænsəˌpeɪt//
[often passive] emancipate somebody (from something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they emancipate he / she / it emancipates
past simple emancipated
-ing form emancipating
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adjective Are women now fully emancipated (= with the same rights and opportunities as men)? an emancipated young woman (= one with modern ideas about women's place in society)
NAmE//ɪˌmænsəˈpeɪʃn//
noun [uncountable] the emancipation of slavesSee emancipate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: emancipate