emancipation

Meaning

1. (uncountable, usually) The act of setting free from the power of another, as from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence.
2. (uncountable, usually) The state of being thus set free; liberation (used, for example, of slaves from bondage, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjugation).

Synonyms

liberation

release

freedom

manumission

freeing

deliverance

redemption

independence

emancipatory

liberty

lib

quittance

ransom

relief

unleashing

unsnarling

untangling

uplift

granting immunity

setting free

setting at liberty

acquittance

jail delivery

deallocation

discharge

disentanglement

dispensation

enfranchisement

exemption

exoneration

extrication

immunity

Translations

émancipation

emancipazione

emancipación

Emanzipation

emancipação

emancipació

χειραφέτηση

emancipatie

Freilassung

απελευθέρωση

libération

affranchissement

liberazione

desvinculació

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˌmæn.səˈpeɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

1630, from French émancipation, from Latin ēmancipātiō. 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, in 19th century.