Definition of "emancipate" in English

verb

1. To set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another; to liberate.

2. Often followed by from: to free (oneself or someone, or something) from some constraint or controlling influence (especially when evil or undue); also, to free (oneself or someone) from mental oppression.

   • Education can emancipate us from error or prejudices.

3. To place (something) under one's control; specifically (chiefly reflexive), to cause (oneself or someone) to become the slave of another person; to enslave; also, to subjugate (oneself or someone).

4. (intransitive, obsolete) To become free from the oppression or restraint of another.

adjective

1. (obsolete except poetic) Synonym of emancipated (“having been set free from someone's control, or from some constraint; at liberty, free”).