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emancipation

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e·man·ci·pa·tion  (-mns-pshn)
n.
1. The act or an instance of emancipating.
2. The condition of being emancipated.

e·manci·pation·ist n.
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Noun1.emancipationemancipation - freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child
freeing, liberation, release - the act of liberating someone or something

emancipation
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Spanish emancipation [ɪmænsɪˈpeɪʃən] nemancipación f; liberación f
French emancipation [ɪmænsɪˈpeɪʃən] némancipation f
German emancipation [ɪmænsɪˈpeɪʃən] emancipate n (see vb) → Emanzipation f; Befreiung f; Freilassung f
Italian emancipation [ɪmænsɪˈpeɪʃən] nemancipazione f

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Mainwaring will storm of course, but you easily pacify him; besides, the most scrupulous point of honour could not require you to wait for HIS emancipation.
I cannot remember having slept in a bed until after our family was declared free by the Emancipation Proclamation.
--for- tunate for the cause of negro emancipation, and of universal liberty
 
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