emancipate

emancipate is a 10-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 20 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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.
2. transitive verb. To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence; as, to emancipate one from prejudices or error.
3. adjective. Set at liberty.
4. verb. free from slavery or servitude

   Synonyms: manumit

5. verb. give equal rights to; of women and minorities

   Synonyms: liberate

Synonyms

manumit, liberate

Common word forms

emancipated, emancipates, emancipating

Words from these letters

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