as in liberation
the act of setting free from slavery
a book discussing the role that emancipation played in the nation's history
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Recent Examples of emancipation
In America and parts of Europe, Jews experienced emancipation and economic mobilization and sought ways to integrate into their local national communities.
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Joshua Shanes, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
The formerly enslaved took the promise of emancipation to create an admirable lifestyle of excellence through the rearing of horses.
—James Edward Mills, Outside, 25 Nov. 2025
The film also explores the role property can play in a young man’s emancipation.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Nov. 2025
In many ways, this was going to be Virginia Giuffre’s emancipation.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
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liberation
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Where there was once bondage, there is now liberation.—
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Arnold Jerocki/Getty A public homage will take place at a nearby site for admirers of the woman whose image once symbolized France's postwar liberation and sensuality.—
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“Emancipation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emancipation. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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