emancipation
nounEtymology
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.
- derived from ēmancipātiō
- borrowed from émancipation
Definitions
The act of setting free from the power of another, as from slavery, subjection,…
The act of setting free from the power of another, as from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence.
- As a result of the strengthening of ethnolinguistic emancipation since the second half of the twentieth century, North Saami now enjoys probably stronger legal and institutional support than any other “minor” Uralic language[.]
The state of being thus set free
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).
- US President Abraham Lincoln was called the Great Emancipator after issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
The neighborhood
- neighboremancipate
- neighboremancipator
- neighboremancipatoric
- neighboremancipatrix
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for emancipation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA