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TOEFL BNC: 9317 COCA: 15524

— emancipation

/ɪˌmænsəˈpeɪʃən/ noun [noncount]
TOEFL BNC: 9317 COCA: 15524

emancipation

noun

eman·​ci·​pa·​tion i-ˌman(t)-sə-ˈpā-shən How to pronounce emancipation (audio)
: the act or process of emancipating
emancipationist noun

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The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, ordered that enslaved people living in rebellious territories be released from the bonds of ownership and made free people—their own masters. Though the proclamation's initial impact was limited, the order was true to the etymology of emancipation, which comes from a Latin word combining the prefix e-, meaning "away," and mancipare, meaning "to transfer ownership of.”

Example Sentences

a book discussing the role that the emancipation of slaves played in the nation's history
Recent Examples on the Web According to court documents, Gaviola's son petitioned for emancipation in 2020 and obtained a domestic violence protection order against Gaviola in July 2021. Susan Szuch, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2022 Horace Greeley, editor of the New-York Tribune and one of America’s leading abolitionists, was quick to contrast the czar’s decisive emancipation with the inaction of the U.S. Frederic J. Frommer, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Aug. 2022 Empowerment meets emancipation on the album’s 14 tracks, which find the singer expanding her range to include reggaeton and dembow, and declaring a sort of freedom from the confines of pop — and the path that got her there. Thania Garcia, Variety, 11 Aug. 2022 Apparently neither Lizzo nor Beyoncé was aware of Ian Dury’s artistry, bravery, and culture emancipation. Armond White, National Review, 3 Aug. 2022 Beyoncé’s smoldering, expansive vocal stylings invoke that emancipation. Deasia Paige, ELLE, 2 Aug. 2022 Skipwith was alive when the Republic was founded, and his life intersected with at least one signer of the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Harrison V, who backed Skipwith’s 1785 legislation petition for emancipation. Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 19 July 2022 The massive 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which gathered in the aftermath of brutal assaults on civil rights demonstrators in Birmingham, Ala., used the centennial of emancipation to protest entrenched racial inequality. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2022 Live music, illustrious food and local vendors will transform the storied park into a place to celebrate the freedom of emancipation, something the park has done since it was founded by Houston's Black community leaders in 1872. Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 17 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1631, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of emancipation was in 1631
TOEFL BNC: 9317 COCA: 15524

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