EMANCIPA'TION, noun The act of setting free from slavery, servitude, subjection or dependence; deliverance from bondage or controlling influence; liberation; as the emancipation of slaves by their proprietors; the emancipation of a son among the Romans; the emancipation of a person from prejudices, or from a servile subjection to authority.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.