as in liberation
the act of setting free from slavery
a book discussing the role that emancipation played in the nation's history
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Recent Examples of emancipation
This is how digital access becomes a tool of emancipation, empowering individuals to become global citizens who understand that their local actions can have global resonance, and vice versa.
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Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The son had requested emancipation from Gaviola and obtained a domestic violence protection order against her from the Fresno County Superior Court.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2025
Each of the 1800s-era houses — three of which are now UNESCO Sites of Memory — offers a window into a different chapter of Black life in Houston, from enslavement to emancipation.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Cai deliberately portrays his heroine as an average working-class girl, hinting at what a tough thing that is in a cutthroat country like China, and perhaps justifying Meiyun’s final, desperate act as one of ultimate emancipation.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The son had requested emancipation from Gaviola and obtained a domestic violence protection order against her from the Fresno County Superior Court.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2025
Each of the 1800s-era houses — three of which are now UNESCO Sites of Memory — offers a window into a different chapter of Black life in Houston, from enslavement to emancipation.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Cai deliberately portrays his heroine as an average working-class girl, hinting at what a tough thing that is in a cutthroat country like China, and perhaps justifying Meiyun’s final, desperate act as one of ultimate emancipation.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emancipation
liberation
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The ability to drive may feel like liberation.—
Henrietta Moore,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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Education explicitly oriented toward liberation—not that which either explicitly or implicitly upholds the status quo—is vital to the process of conscientization.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Emancipation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emancipation. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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