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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Less remembered is the fact that this emancipation came with a very high price: £20 million in compensation paid to slaveholders.
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 10 June 2025
The end of the American Civil War brought an end to slavery and the emancipation of some 4 million Black people, while a slew of new innovations brought irreversible changes to the day-to-day lives of all Americans.
—Time, 3 June 2025
Soon after her Everest achievement, Tabei had been a symbol of social progress and women’s emancipation at the UN International Women’s Year world conference.
—Jenny Hall, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
The craft was then taught to enslaved people, who built many of the walls throughout Middle Tennessee, and then, after emancipation, many former slaves established themselves as stack stonemasons.
—Gabrielle Chenault, The Tennessean, 17 July 2025
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 10 June 2025
The end of the American Civil War brought an end to slavery and the emancipation of some 4 million Black people, while a slew of new innovations brought irreversible changes to the day-to-day lives of all Americans.
—Time, 3 June 2025
Soon after her Everest achievement, Tabei had been a symbol of social progress and women’s emancipation at the UN International Women’s Year world conference.
—Jenny Hall, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
The craft was then taught to enslaved people, who built many of the walls throughout Middle Tennessee, and then, after emancipation, many former slaves established themselves as stack stonemasons.
—Gabrielle Chenault, The Tennessean, 17 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emancipation
liberation
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This could be a moment of liberation—from over-identifying with our minds and rediscovering the richness of emotion, intuition and even our limitations.—
Dax Grant,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Its worst weekly performance since early April when Trump first announced his liberation day trade war.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Aug. 2025
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“Emancipation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emancipation. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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