Emancipate

v. t.	1.	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. [imp. & p. p. Emancipated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Emancipating.] Brasidas . . . declaring that he was sent to emancipate Hellas. - Jowett (Thucyd. ).
	2.	To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence; as, to emancipate one from prejudices or error. From how many troublesome and slavish impertinences . . . he had emancipated and freed himself. - Evelyn. To emancipate the human conscience. - A. W. Ward.
a.	1.	Set at liberty.

Verb	1.	emancipate - give equal rights to; of women and minorities Synonyms: liberate
	2.	emancipate - free from slavery or servitude Synonyms: manumit

affranchise, discharge, disenthrall, enfranchise, let go, let loose, loose, loosen, manumit, release, rescue, set at large, set at liberty, set free, unbind, unchain, unfetter, unshackle

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