emancipar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- emancipate verb To set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another; to liberate.
Senses
emancipar is used for these senses in English:
- emancipate To set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another; to liberate.
emancipate — full definition
- verb To set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another; to liberate.
- verb To cause (a place) to be free from the colonization or rule of another entity.
- verb Often followed by from: chiefly with reference to slavery in the United States, and in Central and South America: to set free (oneself or someone) from imprisonment, or from serfdom or slavery.
- verb To release (a minor) from the legal authority and custody which a parent or guardian has over them; also (Ancient Rome, historical), to release (a child) from the legal authority of the paterfamilias.