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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Emancipation \E*man`ci*pa"tion\, n. [L. emancipatio: cf F. ['e]mancipation.] The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence; also the state of being thus set free liberation; as the emancipation of slaves; the emancipation of minors; the emancipation of a person from prejudices; the emancipation of the mind from superstition; the emancipation of a nation from tyranny or subjection. Syn: Deliverance; liberation; release; freedom; manumission; enfranchisement. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: emancipation n : liberation from any onerous controlling influence [syn: {freeing}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: EMANCIPATION, n. A bondman's change from the tyranny of another to the despotism of himself. He was a slave: at word he went and came His iron collar cut him to the bone. Then Liberty erased his owner's name Tightened the rivets and inscribed his own G.J.
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