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- Dictionaryemancipation/ɪˌmansɪˈpeɪʃn/
noun
- 1. the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation: "the social and political emancipation of women"
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EMANCIPATION definition: 1. the process of giving people social or political freedom and rights: 2. the process of giving…. Learn more.
noun. Did you know? The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, ordered that enslaved people living in rebellious territories be released from the bonds of ownership and made free people—their own masters.
EMANCIPATION meaning: 1. the process of giving people social or political freedom and rights: 2. the process of giving…. Learn more.
Definition of emancipation noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Emancipation generally means to free a person from a previous restraint or legal disability. More broadly, it is also used for efforts to procure economic and social rights, political rights or equality, often for a specifically disenfranchised group, or more generally, in discussion of many matters.
Emancipation Proclamation. Catholic Emancipation Act. 2 meanings: 1. the act of freeing or state of being freed; liberation 2. informal freedom from inhibition and convention.... Click for more definitions.
Emancipation is being set free from the control of someone or something. Your emancipation from your parents comes when you turn 18 and are legally considered an adult.
Factsheet. What does the noun emancipation mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun emancipation. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. emancipation has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. Roman history (mid 1500s) Roman law (mid 1500s) See meaning & use.
to free a person from another person’s control. (Definition of emancipate from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of emancipate. emancipate. Together they emancipated the art of experiment from being a mere craft activity and endowed it with the status of a science. From the Cambridge English Corpus.
'Emancipation' signifies the act of setting individuals or groups free from various forms of bondage, whether it be slavery, oppression, or social constraints. It has been particularly associated with significant historical movements, such as the emancipation of enslaved people in the 19th century.
