emancipating (B2)
verb
Pronunciation: /ɪˈmænsɪpeɪt/
Definition
To free (someone) from legal, social, or political restrictions, especially slavery.
Examples
The Emancipation Proclamation aimed to emancipate enslaved people in Confederate states.
She fought for decades to emancipate women from restrictive laws.
The new policy will emancipate small businesses from excessive regulation.
How to Use emancipating
- emancipate from (prepositional phrase)
- To free someone or something from a restricting influence or condition. — "The revolution sought to emancipate the nation from foreign rule."
- emancipate sb/sth (collocation)
- To grant freedom or independence to a person or group. — "The treaty will emancipate the occupied territories."
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