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adjective

as in liberated

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verb

past tense of emancipate
as in freed
to set free (as from slavery or confinement) under the cover of darkness animal rights activists emancipated the inhabitants of the mink ranch

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Recent Examples of emancipated
Verb
Winter was legally emancipated and declared an adult at age 17 in 2015. — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026 In 1775, his first enslaver sold him to the commander of Framingham's Minute Men, who emancipated him, and Salem went on to fight at Lexington and Concord. — Catherine Messier, The Providence Journal, 4 July 2026 The long shadow of the occupation Twenty-three years after George Bush and Tony Blair resolved that Iraqis were to be emancipated, the country remains captive to a masquerade of power. — Nabil Salih, Time, 26 May 2026 When Winter was 14 years old, she was placed in the care of her older sister and three years later, she was legally emancipated. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026 Once the Southern Crescent pulled into the station, all trains bound north were emancipated from Jim Crow laws. — Literary Hub, 11 May 2026 Colorado law ties teens to their parents unless they can get emancipated by the court. — Fraidy Reiss, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026 Even those who emancipated the theory from complex numbers admit that the latter are a natural fit. — Daniel Garisto, Quanta Magazine, 7 Nov. 2025 Nev, who’s now 17 and emancipated, returns to Avan Island. — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 21 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emancipated
  1. liberated
  2. freed
  3. freeborn
  4. released
  5. rescued
Adjective
  • Instead, Curry connected with fans like me because, as a performer, the man seemed able to do anything, and do it with a kind of liberated abandon and eagerness to entertain.
    — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Chalk it up to the leftover hubris of late-20th-century American empire and the grand illusion of a liberated civilization thriving behind an impenetrable fortress.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of liberated
Verb
  • Put differently, blindness, two-handedness, and the continuous line are restraints that freed Nauman from the habits of description.
    — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The team uses the time freed up by technology to understand their clients better.
    — Jason Phillips, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of freed
Adjective
  • Robert—a man born in Africa, enslaved in America, and now a free farmer—and his freeborn African-American herbalist wife, Mary, had worked diligently to ensure this security for themselves and their children.
    — Janet Barber, Scientific American, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Phalanx warfare was so common in ancient Greece that most freeborn males took part in it many times.
    — James Romm, The New York Review of Books, 23 Sep. 2021
Definition of freeborn
Verb
  • Styles went on to play two verses and choruses of the song, originally released in 1974, and told the crowd to sing along on the first chorus.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The studio has released seven titles that have won 10 Emmy Awards and two Annie Awards, with voice talent including Glenn Close, Jennifer Hudson, Ethan Hawke, John Legend, Lupita Nyong’o, Daisy Ridley and Oprah Winfrey.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of released
Verb
  • Of those rescued, 114 are Indians, 27 are Chinese, and 20 are from South Korea, the US, Europe and the Gulf, according to a bulletin published by the Nepal Tourism Board.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The Nepal Tourism Board said 261 foreign nationals have been rescued.
    — Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of rescued

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“Emancipated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emancipated. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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