emancipate
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Britannica Dictionary definition of EMANCIPATE
[+ object]
formal
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to free (someone) from someone else's control or power
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emancipate a slave
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He felt the only way to emancipate himself from his parents was to move away.
— emancipated
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an emancipated slave
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She considers herself an emancipated woman. [=a woman who is free from old social limitations and customs]
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the emancipation of the slaves
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an emancipator of slaves
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Abraham Lincoln is sometimes called the Great Emancipator.
