emancipating
Releasing from bondage
Emancipating is the act of freeing someone from bondage, oppression, or restriction.
The word most often appears in historical contexts—Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, the emancipation of serfs—but extends to any liberation: an emancipating experience, emancipating yourself from old habits.
A minor legally freed from parental control is an emancipated minor.
Releasing from confinement
- liberatingSetting free from constraint
- releasingAllowing to escape
- unshacklingRemoving fetters or constraints
- unchainingRemoving restraining links
delivering · unbinding · loosing · enfranchising · unfettering · rescuing · extricating · unburdening
Giving authority or confidence
- self-actualizingAchieving personal potential
- individuatingMaking distinct from others
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- transformingChanging form entirely
growing · healing · recovering · thriving · flourishing · blooming · emerging · becoming
Formal discontinuation of practice
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- independenceFreedom from external control
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
decolonizing · democratizing · revolution · reform · rights · citizenship · franchise · autonomy
Destroying bonds that bind
- overcomingDefeating a challenge
- healingRestoration of health
- unlearningAbandoning acquired beliefs
- deprogrammingReversing coercive belief implantation
deconditioning · consciousness-raising · awareness · enlightening · unburdening · letting go · shedding · transcending
Formal termination of something
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- proclamationFormal public announcement
- statuteEnacted written rule
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
enactment · ruling · minor · guardianship · custody · court · petition · age of majority
freeing
Releasing from confinement
- liberatingSetting free from constraint
- releasingAllowing to escape
- unshacklingRemoving fetters or constraints
unchaining · delivering · unbinding · loosing · enfranchising · unfettering · rescuing · extricating · unburdening · disencumbering
empowering
Giving authority or confidence
- self-actualizingAchieving personal potential
- individuatingMaking distinct from others
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
transforming · growing · healing · recovering · thriving · flourishing · blooming · emerging · becoming · evolving
abolition
Formal discontinuation of practice
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- independenceFreedom from external control
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
self-determination · decolonizing · democratizing · revolution · reform · rights · citizenship · franchise · autonomy · self-governance
breaking chains
Destroying bonds that bind
- overcomingDefeating a challenge
- healingRestoration of health
- unlearningAbandoning acquired beliefs
deprogramming · deconditioning · consciousness-raising · awareness · enlightening · unburdening · letting go · shedding · transcending · cognitive
abolishment
Formal termination of something
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- proclamationFormal public announcement
- statuteEnacted written rule
legislation · enactment · ruling · minor · guardianship · custody · court · petition · age of majority · documentation
emancipatingenslaving
Forcing into servitude
subjugating · imprisoning · incarcerating · captivating · enthralling
emancipatingconstraining
Imposing limits upon
restricting · confining · binding · limiting · trapping
emancipatingenslaving
Forcing into servitude
imprisoning · incarcerating · shackling · confining · captivating
- Emancipation ProclamationExecutive order freeing Confederate slaves
- women's emancipationFreedom and equality for females
- slave emancipationFormal freeing of bondspeople
- emancipation papersRecords certifying someone's freedom
- emancipation of womenSecuring equal rights for females
- Emancipation DayHoliday commemorating slavery's abolition