emancipation

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[ UK /ɪmˌɑːnsɪpˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ɪˌmænsəˈpeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child
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How To Use emancipation In A Sentence

  • For a time, the revolt chilled the atmosphere in which they had to operate and stimulated a vigorous debate within their fracturing movement about the appropriate means to effect the desired end of emancipation.
  • What exactly the government did mean by freedom was hard to discern in the nineteen legislative Acts which together constituted the emancipation.
  • She belongs to a family descended from free Blacks those released from slavery before the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863.
  • They have not yet found a comparable party of Iranians, however minuscule, to defend the theory of the emancipationist bombing of Iran. David Bromwich: One More War, Please
  • The government found it expedient to slacken the grip of censorship in order to encourage loyal expressions of support for the Emancipation programme.
  • If, therefore, permanent emancipation is to be attained, the obligation of re-commencing action must be got rid of, i.e., care must be taken that the portions of the route once passed over may not have to be re-trodden. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7
  • The Scottish Socialist Party, the sole ark of salvation to which 128,026 Scots look for emancipation from capitalist helotry, is in meltdown.
  • McClellan made no secret of his opposition to emancipation.
  • Earlier this afternoon, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. delivered a stirring commentary on NPR's All Things Considered (originally written for TheRoot. com) in which he compared today to the day after Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, and shared the reaction of Frederick Douglass, Erik Ose: Yes We Can, Said Barack Obama, And We Did
  • Before it was the home of the famous emancipationist, newspaper publisher, Minister to Russia, friend to Abraham Lincoln, founder of the Republican Party — it was the home of a Revolutionary War hero, and the home of many slaves. Driving directions
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