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Term: EMANCIPATE
Definition: Emancipate means to set someone free from being held back by laws, society, or other people. This can include freeing someone from slavery or bondage, or releasing a child from the control and responsibility of a parent or guardian.
Example: Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation helped to emancipate slaves in the United States.
EMANCIPATE
To set free from legal, social, or political restraint; especially, to free from slavery or bondage. It can also mean to release a child from the control, support, and responsibility of a parent or guardian.
The first example illustrates how emancipate was used to free slaves from bondage. The second example shows how a minor can be emancipated from their parents' control and become independent.