Emancipate

Verb

 * 1) To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as:
 * 2) To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child.
 * 3) To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit; as, to emancipate a slave, or a country.
 * 4) To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence; as, to emancipate one from prejudices or error.

Synonyms

 * liberate

Derived terms

 * emancipatory
 * emancipatrix

Related terms

 * emancipation
 * emancipator
 * emancipist

Thesaurus
affranchise, deliver, discharge, disenthrall, enfranchise, free, let go, let loose, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, release, rescue, set at large, set at liberty, set free, unbind, unchain, unfetter, unshackle

Etymology
< emancipatus:, past participle of emancipare: < e: + mancipare: < manceps: < manus: + capere:. See manual, and capable.

Translations

 * Catalan: emancipar
 * Spanish: emancipar

Adjective

 * 1) Freed; set at liberty.

Adjective
emancipate


 * 1) Feminine plural form of emancipato

Verb
emancipate