emancipate
verb
transitive verb
Synonyms
- discharge
- disenthrall
- disenthral
- enfranchise
- enlarge
- free
- liberate
- loose
- loosen
- manumit
- release
- spring
- unbind
- uncage
- unchain
- unfetter
Example Sentences
Scott Luxor, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2022 Over the course of a week-long session at the camp, Whistler butts heads with Jordan (played by Germaine), a trans and nonbinary teen who made a deal with their parents to legally emancipate themself after attending the camp. Wilson Chapman, Variety, 22 June 2022 Alexander Hamilton, Edmund Randolph, John Jay—indeed, just about every one of the Founders who went on record—affirmed that under the law of nations belligerents could emancipate enemy slaves in an effort to win a war or suppress a rebellion. James Oakes, The New York Review of Books, 12 May 2022 As the season unfolds, Edwina finds a way to emancipate herself from her older sister's opinions, just as Kate will learn to want things for herself. Sheena Scott, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022 If money just gushes out of the ground in the form of hydrocarbons or diamonds or other minerals, the oppressors can emancipate themselves from the oppressed. David Remnick, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2022 The Christmas Princess springs from the same need as my memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey — to emancipate the little girl in me. Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com, 5 Feb. 2022 Over the past months, Spears has been using Instagram to communicate with fans and thank them for their continued support in her battle to emancipate herself from her conservatorship. Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 21 Sep. 2021 Over the past months, Spears has been using Instagram to communicate with fans and thank them for their continued support in her battle to emancipate herself from her conservatorship. Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 21 Sep. 2021 See More Word History
Latin emancipatus, past participle of emancipare, from e- + mancipare to transfer ownership of, from mancip-, manceps contractor, from manus hand + capere to take — more at manual, heave entry 1
1613, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
emancipate
verb
Legal Definition
emancipate
transitive verb
Note: The circumstances under which a minor may become emancipated vary from state to state. In many states, however, the marriage of a minor results in his or her emancipation.
emancipate
verb
Synonyms & Similar Words
- free
- liberate
- release
- enfranchise
- rescue
- manumit
- save
- unfetter
- unchain
- unbind
- loosen
- uncage
- enlarge
- disenthrall
- discharge
- loose
- spring
- turn loose
- extricate
- redeem
- disengage
- disenthral
- parole
- unshackle
- disencumber
- disentangle
- ransom
- disembarrass
- deliver
- bail (out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- restrain
- confine
- bind
- fetter
- enchain
- shackle
- imprison
- jail
- commit
- enslave
- subjugate
- handcuff
- conquer
- subdue
- lock (up)
- manacle
- trammel
- intern
- incarcerate
- immure
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of emancipate are free, liberate, manumit, and release. While all these words mean "to set loose from restraint or constraint," emancipate implies the liberation of a person from subjection or domination.
While the synonyms free and emancipate are close in meaning, free implies a usually permanent removal from whatever binds, confines, entangles, or oppresses.
The meanings of liberate and emancipate largely overlap; however, liberate stresses particularly the resulting state of liberty.
The words manumit and emancipate are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, manumit implies emancipation from slavery.
In some situations, the words release and emancipate are roughly equivalent. However, release suggests a setting loose from confinement, restraint, or a state of pressure or tension, often without implication of permanent liberation.