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emancipated

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e·man·ci·pate  (-mns-pt)
tr.v. e·man·ci·pat·ed, e·man·ci·pat·ing, e·man·ci·pates
1. To free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate.
2. Law To release (a child) from the control of parents or a guardian.
[Latin mancipre, mancipt- : -, ex-, ex- + mancipre, to sell, transfer (from manceps, mancip-, purchaser; see man-2 in Indo-European roots).]
e·manci·pative, e·manci·pa·tory (-p-tôr, -tr) adj.
e·manci·pator n.
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Adj.1.emancipated - free from traditional social restraints; "an emancipated young woman pursuing her career"; "a liberated lifestyle"
liberated
free - able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice"
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emancipated [ɪˈmænsɪpeɪtɪd] adj → liberado


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I know this is an illusion; that these seeming men and women about me are indeed men and women,--men and women for ever, perfectly reasonable creatures, full of human desires and tender solicitude, emancipated from instinct and the slaves of no fantastic Law,-- beings altogether different from the Beast Folk.
The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context
"Of Hazard"--that is the oldest nobility in the world; that gave I back to all things; I emancipated them from bondage under purpose.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
" slowly and with upturned eyes ejaculated the trio, as, letting go their hold, the emancipated porker tumbled headlong among the Philistines, "El Emanu
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