emancipate

[ ih-man-suh-peyt ]
/ ɪˈmæn səˌpeɪt /

verb (used with object), e·man·ci·pat·ed, e·man·ci·pat·ing.

to free from restraint, influence, or the like.
to free (a slave) from bondage.
Roman and Civil Law. to terminate paternal control over.

Origin of emancipate

1615–25; < Latin ēmancipātus (past participle of ēmancipāre) freed from control, equivalent to ē- e-1 + man(us) hand + -cip- (combining form of capere to seize) + -ātus -ate1

synonym study for emancipate

1, 2. See release.

OTHER WORDS FROM emancipate

e·man·ci·pa·tive, adjective e·man·ci·pa·tor, noun non·e·man·ci·pa·tive, adjective un·e·man·ci·pa·tive, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for emancipate

emancipate
/ (ɪˈmænsɪˌpeɪt) /

verb (tr)

to free from restriction or restraint, esp social or legal restraint
(often passive) to free from the inhibitions imposed by conventional morality
to liberate (a slave) from bondage

Derived forms of emancipate

emancipated, adjective emancipative, adjective emancipator or emancipist, noun emancipatory (ɪˈmænsɪpətərɪ, -trɪ), adjective

Word Origin for emancipate

C17: from Latin ēmancipāre to give independence (to a son), from mancipāre to transfer property, from manceps a purchaser; see manciple