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

Last year, the 11 members of Omega X won emancipation from their contract following allegations of "unwarranted treatment" by their label.

From BBC

In his Gettysburg Address, Lincoln elevated the logic and language of the Declaration of Independence to justify a Union victory, the emancipation of slaves and equality before the law as central to America’s purpose.

From Los Angeles Times

In this regard, she and Helaena hew closer to traditional medieval mysticism, which did not typically use sex for religious emancipation, rather than the practices ascribed to some of the more esoteric heretical sects.

From Salon

For decades after emancipation, Black men were rounded up — often for petty crimes — and put to work under brutal conditions during the convict leasing era.

From Seattle Times

Because as Marx started to study natural sciences later in the 1850s and 1860s, he came to realize the development of technologies in capitalism actually don't create a condition for emancipation of the working class.

From Salon

Related Words

• independence
• liberation