Definitions for: Emancipation

[n] freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child

Webster (1913) Definition: E*man`ci*pa"tion, n. [L. emancipatio: cf. F.
['e]mancipation.]
The act of setting free from the power of another, from
slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence;
also, the state of being thus set free; liberation; as, the
emancipation of slaves; the emancipation of minors; the
emancipation of a person from prejudices; the emancipation of
the mind from superstition; the emancipation of a nation from
tyranny or subjection.

Syn: Deliverance; liberation; release; freedom; manumission;
enfranchisement.

See Also: freeing, liberation, release

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