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/ɪˈmæn(t)sɪpeɪt/ · verb
To set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another; to liberate..
[T]his was his [God's] first work,to redeem, to vindicate them from the usurper, to deliver them from the intruder, to emancipate them from the tyrant, to cancel the covenant between hell and them, and restore them. so far to their liberty, as that they might come to their first Master if they would: this was redeeming.
Enlightened ministers like Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein and Karl August von Hardenberg enacted a comprehensive series of domestic reforms. They transformed backward, semifeudal Prussia into a modern state: abolishing serfdom, granting self-government to towns, with elected town councils replacing royal appointees; and formally emancipating the Jews, granting them full citizenship for the first time, even if full social acceptance remained wanting.
Education can emancipate us from error or prejudices.
The vvhole Epiſtle deſerves the Reading, for the excellent Advice he gives on this and other Subjects; and hovv from many troubleſome and ſlaviſh Impertinencies, grovvn into Habit and Cuſtom (old as he vvas) he had Emancipated and freed himſelf: […]
And it is on all Hands agreed that there is need of great Toil and Labour of the Mind, to Emancipate our Thoughts from particular Objects, and raiſe them to thoſe Sublime Speculations that are converſant about abſtract Ideas.
At all events, from that day I was emancipated from modern Puritanism.
Thou [God] emancipatest and restorest the poor sinner by the finished work of Thy Beloved Son [Jesus].
Wyclif [John Wycliffe], […] sought to emancipate the human conscience from reliance upon any earthly authority intermediate between the soul and its Maker, […]
Use emancipate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Emancipate means To set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another; to liberate..
Common synonyms include emancipated, liberate, manumit.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[T]his was his [God's] first work,to redeem, to vindicate them from the usurper, to deliver them from the intruder, to emancipate them from the tyrant, to cancel the covenant between hell and them, and restore them. so far to their liberty, as that they might come to their first Master if they would: this was redeeming.
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