emancipate [ i-MAN-suh'-peyt ]
[ transitive verb ]
MEANING :
1. to free from restraint or bondage
2. to be free from parental control
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
Many bonded labourers were emancipated because of pressure exerted on manufacturers by the international community.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
This liberal-minded tsar emancipated the serfs and, for his troubles, was assassinated by a terrorist bomb.
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