D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Emancipation

/ĭm-ănˌ-səp-āsh'-ən/ · E·man·ci·pa·tion · IPA /ɪˌmæn.səˈpeɪ.ʃən/
01 n. The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence; also, the state of being…
  1. 1.
    The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence; also, the state of being thus set free; the act or process of emancipation, or the state thereby achieved; liberation; as, the emancipation of slaves; the emancipation of minors; the emancipation of a person from prejudices; the emancipation of the mind from superstition; the emancipation of a nation from tyranny or subjection.