Associations to the word «Emancipation»

Wiktionary

EMANCIPATION, noun. The act of setting free from the power of another, as from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence.
EMANCIPATION, noun. The state of being thus set free; liberation (used, for example, of slaves from bondage, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjugation).

Dictionary definition

EMANCIPATION, noun. Freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky