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
The son had requested emancipation from Gaviola and obtained a domestic violence protection order against her from the Fresno County Superior Court.
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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
The video, which was recorded at a store in Atlanta, Georgia, showed several cakes minimally decorated in honor of the federal holiday on June 19, which marks the 1865 emancipation of the last enslaved people in the United States.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 21 June 2025
In Juneteenth's fifth year as a federal holiday, commemorations of the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States continue to evolve in the Baltimore area and beyond.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 19 June 2025
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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
The video, which was recorded at a store in Atlanta, Georgia, showed several cakes minimally decorated in honor of the federal holiday on June 19, which marks the 1865 emancipation of the last enslaved people in the United States.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 21 June 2025
In Juneteenth's fifth year as a federal holiday, commemorations of the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States continue to evolve in the Baltimore area and beyond.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emancipation
liberation
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The timing of the event is notable, as September 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of China’s liberation from Japanese occupation during World War II.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Aug. 2025
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Because there is no liberation without Black liberation, not across the global South, not anywhere.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Emancipation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emancipation. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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