emancipate

• Verbo que significa libertar, sobretudo de restrições jurídicas, sociais ou políticas; pode também referir-se a tornar alguém independente ou livre de tutela.

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.

   Emancipar

   • 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.

   Sinônimosdeliverenfranchisefreeliberatemanumitreleaseset free

   Antônimosenchainenslaveoppressshacklesubjugate

2. Free from intellectual or moral constraintsC2formal

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

   Libertar

   • 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.

   Sinônimosdeliverfreeliberaterelease

   Antônimosbindbrainwashconstrainenslavefetterindoctrinateshackle