emancipated

[ ih-man-suh-pey-tid ]

adjective

1. not constrained or restricted by custom, tradition, superstition, etc.:

   a modern, emancipated woman.

2. freed, as from slavery or bondage.

Other Words From

• une·manci·pated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of emancipated¹

First recorded in 1720–30; emancipate + -ed ²

Example Sentences

The group’s name derives from Union Gen. William T. Sherman’s unfulfilled promise to grant some emancipated slaves “40 acres and a mule” to help them start over after the Civil War.

From Los Angeles Times

"We supported her, she tried to get emancipated. It ended up not working out and she didn’t."

From Salon

The series also asserts that Schneider was not only heavily involved in Bynes’ professional life but in her personal life as well, including trying to help Bynes get emancipated from her parents.

From Los Angeles Times

In an interview recorded long after he was emancipated, he remembered, “If slaves rebelled, I done seed them whip them with a strop called ‘cat-nine-tails.’

From Literature

Her third great-grandfather Dean Harris was likely born into slavery in Georgia around 1835 and was emancipated after the Civil War.

From Salon

Related Words

• autonomous
• democratic
• freed
• independent
• separate