emancipated

• Décrit une personne ou un groupe qui a été libéré de contraintes juridiques, sociales ou politiques.

Describes a person or group that has been freed from legal, social, or political restrictions.

1. Freed from legal or social restrictionsB2formal

   Having been freed from legal, political, or social control or restrictions.

   affranchi de contraintes légales ou sociales

   • The emancipated slaves began building new lives.
   • She felt emancipated after leaving her controlling job.
   • An emancipated minor can sign contracts without parental consent.

   Synonymesenfranchisedliberatedset freeunboundunchainedunshackled

   Antonymesboundconfinedoppressedrestrainedrestrictedsubjugated

2. Liberated from traditional normsC1formal

   Free from traditional social or cultural constraints, especially regarding personal choices.

   Émancipé

   • The artist's work reflects an emancipated view of society.
   • They lived an emancipated lifestyle, rejecting conventional rules.
   • Emancipated women of the 1920s challenged gender roles.

   Synonymesbroad-mindedenlightenedfreeindependentliberatedopen-mindedprogressiveunchainedunfetteredunshackled

   Antonymesconstrainedconventionalrepressedrestrictedtraditional

• 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