emancipate

• Verbe signifiant libérer quelqu'un, en particulier de contraintes légales, sociales ou politiques, ou le rendre indépendant et autonome.

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.

   affranchir

   • 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.

   Synonymesdeliverenfranchisefreeliberatemanumitreleaseset free

   Antonymesenchainenslaveoppressshacklesubjugate

2. Free from intellectual or moral constraintsC2formal

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

   Libérer des contraintes intellectuelles ou morales

   • 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.

   Synonymesdeliverfreeliberaterelease

   Antonymesbindbrainwashconstrainenslavefetterindoctrinateshackle