emancipation

Etymology
1630, from, from. In the US, with reference to anti-slavery, abolitionism, first used in 1785 by. In Britain, with reference to easing of restrictions on Catholics, in 19th century.

Noun

 * 1) The act of setting free from the power of another, as from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence.
 * 2) The state of being thus set free; liberation (used, for example, of slaves from bondage, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjugation).
 * US President Abraham Lincoln was called the Great Emancipator after issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
 * US President Abraham Lincoln was called the Great Emancipator after issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: эмансіпа́цыя, вызвале́нне
 * Bulgarian:
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 * Cherokee:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, emancipace
 * Danish: frigørelse, frigørelser
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: emancipiĝo
 * Finnish: ,
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 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: fuascailt
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: эмансипация
 * Khmer: ការអោយរួចជាអ្នកជា
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Latvian: emancipācija, atbrīvošana
 * Macedonian: ослободување, еманципација
 * Polish: ,
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 * Sanskrit:
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 * Sranan Tongo: manspasi
 * Swedish:, emancipation
 * Ukrainian: емансипа́ція, зві́льнення
 * Welsh: rhyddfreiniad
 * Yiddish: עמאַנציפּאַציע