emancipated
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Emancipate \E*man"ci*pate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emancipated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Emancipating}.] [L. emancipatus, p. p. of
emancipare to emancipate; e + mancipare to transfer ownership
in, fr. manceps purchaser, as being one who laid his hand on
the thing bought; manus hand + capere to take. See {Manual},
and {Capable}.]
To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as:
(a) To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may
emancipate a child.
(b) To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit;
as, to emancipate a slave, or a country.
[1913 Webster]
Brasidas . . . declaring that he was sent to
emancipate Hellas. --Jowett
(Thucyd. ).
(c) To free from any controlling influence, especially from
anything which exerts undue or evil influence; as, to
emancipate one from prejudices or error.
[1913 Webster]
From how many troublesome and slavish impertinences
. . . he had emancipated and freed himself.
--Evelyn.
[1913 Webster]
To emancipate the human conscience. --A. W. Ward.
[1913 Webster]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
emancipated \emancipated\ adj.
1. free from traditional social restraints; -- used
especially of women; as, an emancipated young woman
pursuing her career. [WordNet sense 1]
Syn: liberated.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. freed from bondage. [WordNet sense 2]
Syn: freed, liberated.
[WordNet 1.5] emancipating
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "emancipated":
afoot and lighthearted, at large, at liberty, clear, delivered,
detached, disengaged, easygoing, extricated, footloose,
footloose and fancy-free, free, free and easy, free as air,
freeborn, freed, go-as-you-please, in the clear, liberated, loose,
on parole, on the loose, redeemed, released, rescued, scot-free,
unattached, unbound, uncommitted, unengaged, uninvolved,
unshackled, untied
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