Both Uses
emancipated
in
Learning to Read and Write, by Douglas
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- The slave was made to say some very smart as well as impressive things in reply to his master—things which had the desired though unexpected effect; for the conversation resulted in the voluntary emancipation of the slave on the part of the master.†
emancipation = the act of being released from slavery or servitude; or (metaphorically) from social restraints
- In the same book, I met with one of Sheridan's mighty speeches on and in behalf of Catholic emancipation.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(emancipated) released from slavery or servitude; or (metaphorically) from social restraints
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)