emancipated

UK: /ɪˈmænsɪpeɪtɪd/ US: (i man′sə pā′tid)

From the verb emancipate: (⇒ conjugate)

emancipated is: ⓘ

v past

v past p

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

e•man•ci•pat•ed  (i man′sə pā′tid), adj. 

1. not constrained or restricted by custom, tradition, superstition, etc.:
   a modern, emancipated woman.
2. freed, as from slavery or bondage.

• emancipate + -ed² 1720–30

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

e•man•ci•pate /ɪˈmænsəˌpeɪt/   v. [~ + object] , -pat•ed, -pat•ing. 

1. to make (someone) free from social, political, or legal restraint; set free;
   liberate:
   to emancipate slaves.

e•man•ci•pa•tion /ɪˌmænsəˈpeɪʃən/  n. [uncountable]
e•man•ci•pa•tor, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

e•man•ci•pate  (i man′sə pāt′), v.t., -pat•ed, -pat•ing. 

1. to free from restraint, influence, or the like.
2. to free (a slave) from bondage.
3. Law [Roman and Civil Law.] to terminate paternal control over.

• Latin ēmancipātus (past participle of ēmancipāre) freed from control, equivalent. to ē- e- + man(us) hand + -cip- (combining form of capere to seize) + -ātus -ate¹
• 1615–25

e•man′ci•pa′tive, adj. 
e•man′ci•pa′tor, n. 
Synonyms

• 1, 2. See release. 

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emancipate / ɪˈmænsɪˌpeɪt/ verb (transitive)

1. to free from restriction or restraint, esp social or legal restraint
2. (often passive) to free from the inhibitions imposed by conventional morality
3. to liberate (a slave) from bondage

Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin ēmancipāre to give independence (to a son), from mancipāre to transfer property, from manceps a purchaser; see manciple

eˈmanciˌpated adjective

eˈmanciˌpative adjective

eˈmanciˌpator, eˈmancipist noun

emancipatory / ɪˈmænsɪpətərɪ -trɪ/ adjective