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Emancipatory

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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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