Dictionary Entry
emancipation
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ɨˈmænsɨˌpeɪʃnˌ/Word FrequencyCommon (4.24)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)The act of setting free from the power of another, as from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence.
In a Sentence
“The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 declared that all enslaved people in the Confederate states were free.”
Published Usage Examples
“Both men were equally against slavery: Lundy for gradual emancipation and _colonization_; but Garrison for _immediate and unconditional emancipation_.”
“It is not customary to use the term emancipation for that form of dismissal by which a church is released from parochial jurisdiction, a bishop from subordination to his metropolitan, a monastery or order from the jurisdiction of the bishop, for the purpose of placing such person or body under the ecclesiastical author”
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Origin
From Latin emancipare ‘to set free’, from e‑ ‘out of’ + mancipare ‘to transfer ownership’.
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Poetry examples for “emancipation”
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