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
Some view these people’s unemployment as the beginning of their emancipation.
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2026
Dozens of publications, signs, plaques, and booklets were identified, including those referencing how light pollution affects sea turtles, booklets on emancipation and the cause of the Civil War, and the catastrophic impacts of Hurricane Dorian in 2019.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 11 Mar. 2026
What followed was emancipation without resources and citizenship without enforcement.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 1 Mar. 2026
Black History Month grew out of an effort to honor the most important people in the history of Black emancipation in the United States, according to the ASALH.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 31 Jan. 2026
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2026
Dozens of publications, signs, plaques, and booklets were identified, including those referencing how light pollution affects sea turtles, booklets on emancipation and the cause of the Civil War, and the catastrophic impacts of Hurricane Dorian in 2019.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 11 Mar. 2026
What followed was emancipation without resources and citizenship without enforcement.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 1 Mar. 2026
Black History Month grew out of an effort to honor the most important people in the history of Black emancipation in the United States, according to the ASALH.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 31 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emancipation
liberation
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If Kimbangu’s articulation of a homegrown theology of Black liberation appealed to many Congolese in violent colonial times, now his message resonates differently as Congo faces instability stemming from a violent rebellion in the east.—
Rodney Muhumuza,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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This cutting of the bonds that tie war making to grand geopolitical narratives is a kind of liberation.—
Fintan O’Toole,
The New York Review of Books,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Emancipation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emancipation. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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