emancipate

(ĭ-măn'sə-pāt')
tr.v., -pat·ed, -pat·ing, -pates.

1. To free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate.
2. Law. To release (a child) from the control of parents or a guardian.

[Latin ēmancipāre, ēmancipāt- : ē-, ex-, ex- + mancipāre, to sell, transfer (from manceps, mancip-, purchaser).]

emancipative e·man'ci·pa'tive or e·man'ci·pa·to'ry (-pə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
emancipator e·man'ci·pa'tor n.

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verb

To set at liberty: discharge, free, liberate, loose, manumit, release. Slang spring. Idioms: let loose. See free/unfree.

v

Definition: set free
Antonyms: hold, imprison, incarcerate

IN BRIEF: To release from bondage; to free from someone else's control.

President Abraham Lincoln is best known for his efforts to emancipate African Americans from slavery.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - frigøre, gøre uafhængig, frigive

Nederlands (Dutch)
zich emanciperen, zich bevrijden, verzelfstandigen, ontvoogden

Français (French)
v. tr. - émanciper (femme), affranchir (des esclaves), s'émanciper, s'affranchir de, (fig) libérer de, affranchir de

Deutsch (German)
v. - sich emanzipieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - χειραφετώ, απελευθερώνω

Italiano (Italian)
emanciparsi, emancipare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - emancipar

Русский (Russian)
освобождать, эмансипировать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - emancipar, liberar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - frige, emancipera, frigöra

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
释放, 解放

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 釋放, 解放

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 석방하다, 부권에서 해방하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 解放する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحرر, يعتق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שחרר, גאל‬

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