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emancipate

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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • \i-ˈman(t)-sə-ˌpāt\
    • /ɪˈmæn.sɪ.peɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • \i-ˈman(t)-sə-ˌpāt\

Definitions of emancipate word

  • noun emancipate Set free, esp. from legal, social, or political restrictions. 1
  • transitive verb emancipate set free 1
  • verb emancipate If people are emancipated, they are freed from unpleasant or unfair social, political, or legal restrictions. 0
  • verb emancipate to free from restriction or restraint, esp social or legal restraint 0
  • verb emancipate to free from the inhibitions imposed by conventional morality 0
  • verb emancipate to liberate (a slave) from bondage 0

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Parts of speech for Emancipate

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

emancipate popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for emancipate

verb emancipate

  • liberate — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
  • free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
  • release — to lease again.
  • unshackle — to free from shackles; unfetter.
  • unfetter — to release from fetters.

Antonyms for emancipate

verb emancipate

  • detain — When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
  • hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • imprison — to confine in or as if in a prison.
  • keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
  • incarcerate — to imprison; confine.

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