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Emancipate

To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: (a) To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child. (b) To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit; as, to emancipate a slave, or a country.

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Liberate 76% connected

To release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to free; to manumit; to disengage; as, to liberate a slave or prisoner; to liberate the mind…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Emancipation 74% connected

The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence; also, the state of being thus set…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Emancipation 74% connected

The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence; also, the state of being thus set…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Manumission 74% connected

The act of manumitting, or of liberating a slave from bondage.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Manumission 74% connected

The act of manumitting, or of liberating a slave from bondage.

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Liberate 92% connected

To release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to free; to manumit; to disengage; as, to liberate a slave or prisoner; to liberate the mind…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Manumit 92% connected

To release from slavery; to liberate from personal bondage or servitude; to free, as a slave.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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