emancipate | Definition of emancipate

Synonyms and Antonyms of emancipate

to set free (as from slavery or confinement)

under the cover of darkness animal rights activists emancipated the inhabitants of the mink ranch

Synonyms of emancipate

discharge, disenthrall (also disenthral), enfranchise, enlarge, free, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, release, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter

Words Related to emancipate

bail (out), deliver, parole, ransom, redeem, rescue, save

adrift, disembarrass, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, extricate

Phrases Synonymous with emancipate

Near Antonyms of emancipate

handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammel

commit, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, lock (up)

conquer, enslave, subdue, subjugate

Antonyms of emancipate

bind, confine, enchain, fetter, restrain