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Definition of emancipate verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

emancipate

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verb
NAmE//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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to free someone, especially from legal, political, or social restrictions synonym set free Slaves were not emancipated until 1863 in the United States.
emancipated
 
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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)
emancipation
 
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NAmE//ɪˌmænsəˈpeɪʃn//
 
noun [uncountable] the emancipation of slavesSee emancipate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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