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emancipation

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of emancipation

the act of setting free from slavery

  • a book discussing the role that the emancipation of slaves played in the nationʼs history
Synonyms of emancipation

enfranchisement, freeing, liberation, manumission
Words Related to emancipation

deliverance, redemption, salvation

autonomy, freedom, independence, independency, liberty, self-government, sovereignty (also sovranty)
Near Antonyms of emancipation

bondage, serfdom, servitude, thralldom (or thraldom), yoke

captivity, enchainment, imprisonment, incarceration, internment

conquest, subjugation
Antonyms of emancipation

enslavement

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