Meaning & use
emancipate
To free someone from legal, social, or political restrictions, especially from slavery or parental control.
See it in a sentence
President Lincoln's proclamation helped emancipate enslaved people in the Confederate states.
A court can legally emancipate a minor who proves they can support themselves.
A note on using this word
Emancipate is most strongly associated with freeing people from slavery, though it can describe freedom from any formal or restrictive control.
Words with a similar meaning
liberatefree
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Words with an opposite meaning
enslave
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