English Synonym Finder

emancipate

Definitions

To set free, especially from legal, social, or political restrictions.

To release from bondage, servitude, or slavery.

Examples

The new law was designed to emancipate the workers from unfair labor contracts.

She felt that traveling alone helped to emancipate her from the expectations of her family.

The historical document served to emancipate those who had been held in servitude for generations.

Synonyms

liberate free release unchain unshackle deliver discharge

Antonyms

enslave subjugate confine imprison shackle chain bind