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emancipate
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adjective (a)

  • Set at liberty.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • give equal rights to; of women and minorities(verb.social)
    Synonym:
    liberate
    source: wordnet30
  • free from slavery or servitude(verb.social)
    Synonym:
    manumit
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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