emancipate

• Deutsches Verb, das bedeutet, jemanden von rechtlichen, sozialen oder politischen Beschränkungen zu befreien oder ihm Gleichberechtigung und Selbstbestimmung zu verschaffen; auch allgemein: aus Abhängigkeit oder Unterdrückung lösen.

A verb meaning to set free, especially from legal, social, or political restrictions.

1. Set free from legal, political, or social restrictionsC1formal

   To free someone from slavery, servitude, or oppressive control.

   Befreien

   • The proclamation emancipated thousands of slaves.
   • She fought to emancipate women from restrictive social norms.
   • The new law emancipated the serfs from their feudal obligations.

   Synonymedeliverenfranchisefreeliberatemanumitreleaseset free

   Antonymeenchainenslaveoppressshacklesubjugate

2. Free from intellectual or moral constraintsC2formal

   To liberate someone from limiting beliefs, prejudices, or conventions.

   Befreien

   • Education can emancipate the mind from ignorance.
   • The philosopher sought to emancipate society from superstition.
   • Art has the power to emancipate us from conventional thinking.

   Synonymedeliverfreeliberaterelease

   Antonymebindbrainwashconstrainenslavefetterindoctrinateshackle