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# emancipation

«emancipation» in Mova's school dictionary: **Being set free from slavery or from strict control by others** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (emancipation, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Being set free from slavery or from strict control by others. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emancipation/#m2)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «emancipation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emancipation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.