emancipation
/ɪˌmansɪˈpeɪʃ(ə)n
/noun [mass noun]
1The fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation: the social and political emancipation of women...
- The old ideas, in the old organisations, represented quite the opposite of social emancipation.
- In the person of our heroine we are presented with a plea for emancipation.
- To the proletariat the imperial suffrage has been a mighty weapon in its battle for emancipation.
Synonyms
freeing, liberation, liberating, setting free, release, releasing, letting loose/out, setting loose/free, discharge;
unchaining, unfettering, unshackling, untying, unyoking, uncaging, unbridling;
freedom, liberty
historical manumission
rare disenthralment
1.1The freeing of someone from slavery: the early struggle for emancipation from slavery...
- McClellan made no secret of his opposition to emancipation.
- Our subject, of course, was how to represent the story of slavery from the slave trade to emancipation in six hours.
- Retelling the myth of emancipation from slavery impels you to reclaim the story of your wider self.
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