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# emancipation

noun (emancipation, uncountable)

«emancipation» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Being set free from slavery or from strict control by others. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emancipation/#m1)
2. Getting equal rights and freedoms, for example for women or a group of people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emancipation/#m2)

### In the lessons

In history lessons: the Emancipation Proclamation (1863) by Abraham Lincoln declared enslaved people in the Confederate states free; the abolition of slavery in the British Empire (1833–1834); women's emancipation and the vote; phrases: «the emancipation of slaves», «women's emancipation».

### Examples

- The Emancipation Proclamation was signed by Abraham Lincoln in 1863. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emancipation/#x1)
- Emancipation meant that enslaved people were free. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emancipation/#x2)
- The fight for women's emancipation included the right to vote. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emancipation/#x3)
- Many people celebrate Emancipation Day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emancipation/#x4)
- Frederick Douglass spoke out for emancipation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emancipation/#x5)
- Catholic emancipation in Britain and Ireland came in 1829. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emancipation/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable. Verb: emancipate. Pronounced e-man-si-PAY-shun. Formal history word; simpler: freedom, liberation.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «emancipation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emancipation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«emancipation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/emancipation.html) on Mova free.