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eman·ci·pate Listen to audio/ɪˈmænsəˌpeɪt/ verb
eman·ci·pates; eman·ci·pat·ed; eman·ci·pat·ing
[+ obj] formal : to free (someone) from someone else's control or power
emancipate a slave He felt the only way to emancipate himself from his parents was to move away.
— emancipated adjective
an emancipated slave She considers herself an emancipated woman. [=a woman who is free from old social limitations and customs]
— eman·ci·pa·tion Listen to audio /ɪˌmænsəˈpeɪʃən/ noun [noncount]
the emancipation of the slaves
— eman·ci·pa·tor Listen to audio /ɪˈmænsəˌpeɪtɚ/ noun, plural eman·ci·pa·tors [count] chiefly US
an emancipator of slaves Abraham Lincoln is sometimes called the Great Emancipator.

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