Emancipated

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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               From how many troublesome and slavish impertinences
               . . . he had emancipated and freed himself.
                                                    --Evelyn.
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               To emancipate the human conscience.  --A. W. Ward.
         [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  emancipated
       adj 1: free from traditional social restraints; "an emancipated
              young woman pursuing her career"; "a liberated
              lifestyle" [syn: {liberated}]
       2: freed from bondage [syn: {freed}, {liberated}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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