Associations to the word «Emancipation»

Wiktionary

EMANCIPATION, noun. The act of setting free from the power of another, as from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence.
EMANCIPATION, noun. 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).

Dictionary definition

EMANCIPATION, noun. Freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke