Emancipation
WordNet
noun
(1) Freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child
WiktionaryText
Etymology
The use of emancipation to refer to anti-slavery, abolitionism, is attributed to .
Noun
- The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence
- The state of being thus set free; liberation; used of slaves, minors, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjection.
- US President Abraham Lincoln was called the Great Emancipator after issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
Related terms
- emancipate
- emancipator
- emancipatoric
- emancipatrix