emancipation
The act of setting free from the power of another, as from slavery, subjection,…The act of setting free from the power of another, as from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence.
» She fought for the emancipation of women.
Sie kämpfte für die Gleichberechtigung der Frau.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable, usually)The act of setting free from the power of another, as from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence.
Emanzipation, Freilassung
эмансипа́цияemansipácija, освобожде́ниеosvoboždénije
емансипа́ціяemansypácija, зві́льненняzvílʹnennja
(uncountable, usually)The state of being thus set free; liberation (used, for example, of slaves from bondage, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjugation).
US President Abraham Lincoln was called the Great Emancipator after issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
- freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child
Examples
5 sentencesShe fought for the emancipation of women.
deSie kämpfte für die Gleichberechtigung der Frau.
They are people who will quest for emancipation.
The week before emancipation day the women love to wear a headdress.
The emancipation of the working class is the work of the working class itself.
His demand for immediate emancipation fell like a tocsin upon the ears of slaveholders.
Translations
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Origin
1630, from French émancipation, from Latin ēmancipātiō. In the US, with reference to anti-1630, from French émancipation, from Latin ēmancipātiō. In the US, with reference to anti-slavery, abolitionism, first used in 1785 by Charles Godfrey Leland. In Britain, with reference to easing of restrictions on Catholics, in 19th century.
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Forms
plural: emancipations| Singular | emancipation |
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uncountable
Synonyms
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