emancipation

[ ih-man-suh-pey-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act of emancipating.
2. the state or fact of being emancipated. emancipated.

emancipation

/ ɪˌmænsɪˈpeɪʃən /

noun

1. the act of freeing or state of being freed; liberation
2. informal.
   freedom from inhibition and convention

Derived Forms

• eˌmanciˈpationist, noun

Other Words From

• none·manci·pation noun
• pree·manci·pation noun
• self-e·manci·pation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of emancipation¹

First recorded in 1625–35; from Latin ēmancipātiōn-, stem of ēmancipātiō, from ēmancipāt(us) “freed from control” (past participle of ēmancipāre “to free from control”; emancipate ) + -iō -ion

Example Sentences

They allowed women to avoid unwanted pregnancies and marriages, giving them the opportunity to pursue careers outside the home, and get on their way to financial emancipation.

From Quartz

The Post also published on Thursday an interactive package documenting the progress of emancipation across states, with archival photos, personal accounts and links to The Post’s coverage.

From Digiday

Gayle Rubin and Pat Califia write articles calling all consensual acts, including sadomasochism, a form of women’s emancipation.

From Washington Post

In other words, it took two years for the emancipation of enslaved people to materialize legally.

From Vox

As much as Juneteenth represents freedom, it also represents how emancipation was tragically delayed for enslaved people in the deepest reaches of the Confederacy.

From Vox

But from the anguish of soulless industrial lagers rises the emancipation of artisan brewing.

From The Daily Beast

The Copperheads, a group of Midwestern Democrats, made the accusation—and far worse—against President Lincoln during Emancipation.

From The Daily Beast

The Emancipation Proclamation, as Nancy Pelosi reminds us, was an executive action.

From The Daily Beast

Education for everyone, land sharing, emancipation of women, and equal rights for black Cubans.

From The Daily Beast

That's why their emancipation is such a threat to cruel patriarchal power.

From The Daily Beast

I rejoice in being able to say that the general tendency of the speeches was towards universal Emancipation, mental and physical.

From Project Gutenberg

The excitement attending the reform act, indeed, had not been neglected by the friends of emancipation.

From Project Gutenberg

Cruce and Leclerc, all ready to march under the guidance of your highness, to the emancipation of religion and the throne.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Labouchere maintained that the result of the great experiment of emancipation would depend on the fate of this bill.

From Project Gutenberg

Her religious notions and home-grown prejudices were antagonistic to the complete emancipation of her intelligence.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• independence
• liberation