There are five ways to emancipate themselves from the bond of worldly passions.
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Emancipate
//ɪˈmæn(t)sɪpeɪt//
Synonyms for "emancipate" (31 found)
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Verb(3 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (15)
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Translations
75 translations across 38 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- أَطْلَقَ verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
- أَعْتَقَ verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
- حَرَّرَ verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
Armenian
1 entries- ազատագրել verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
Basque
1 entries- emantzipatzeko verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
Bulgarian
1 entries- еманципирам verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
Catalan
1 entries- emancipar verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
Chinese
1 entries- 解放 verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 解放 verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 翻身 verb (to set free (oneself or someone) from imprisonment, or from serfdom or slavery)
- 解放 verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
Czech
1 entries- emancipovat verb (to set free (oneself or someone) from imprisonment, or from serfdom or slavery)
Danish
1 entries- frigøre verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
Dutch
3 entries- emanciperen verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
- ontvoogden verb (to release (a minor) from the legal authority and custody which a parent or guardian has over them; (Ancient Rome, historical) to release (a child) from the legal authority of the paterfamilias)
- vrijmaken verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
Esperanto
1 entries- emancipi verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
Finnish
4 entries- emansipoida verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
- erottaa verb (to release (a minor) from the legal authority and custody which a parent or guardian has over them; (Ancient Rome, historical) to release (a child) from the legal authority of the paterfamilias)
- irtautua verb (to free (oneself or someone, or something) from some constraint or controlling influence (especially when evil or undue); to free (oneself or someone) from mental oppression)
- vapauttaa verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
French
3 entries- affranchir verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
- émanciper verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
- émanciper verb (to free (oneself or someone, or something) from some constraint or controlling influence (especially when evil or undue); to free (oneself or someone) from mental oppression)
Galician
1 entries- emancipar verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
German
2 entries- emanzipieren verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
- verselbstständigen verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
Greek
4 entries- ανεξαρτητοποιώ verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
- ανεξαρτοποιώ verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
- απελευθερώνω verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
- χειραφετώ verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
Hebrew
1 entries- גָּאַל verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
Hindi
2 entries- उद्धार करना verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
- उबारना verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
Icelandic
1 entries- ánauðarfrelsun verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
Indonesian
1 entries- untuk membebaskan verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
Irish
2 entries- fuascail verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
- saor verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
Italian
3 entries- emancipare verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
- emanciparsi verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
- emanciparsi verb (to set free (oneself or someone) from imprisonment, or from serfdom or slavery)
Japanese
1 entries- 解放する verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
Latin
4 entries- asserō verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
- eximō verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
- līberō verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
- manūmittō verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
Macedonian
1 entries- еманципира verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
Maltese
1 entries- emanċipa verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
Norwegian
1 entries- å frigjøre verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
Polish
3 entries- emancypować verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
- wyemancypować verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
- wyzwolić verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
Portuguese
1 entries- emancipar verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
Romanian
4 entries- dezlega verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
- dezrobi verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
- elibera verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
- emancipa verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
Russian
3 entries- освободи́ть verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
- освобожда́ть verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
- эмансипи́ровать verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
Spanish
3 entries- emancipar verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
- manumitir verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
- manumitir verb (to set free (oneself or someone) from imprisonment, or from serfdom or slavery)
Swahili
1 entries- komboa verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
Swedish
1 entries- emancipera verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
Ukrainian
2 entries- відпуска́ти verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
- відпусти́ти verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
Vietnamese
1 entries- giải phóng verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
Welsh
2 entries- rhyddfreinio verb (to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — see also liberate)
- rhyddfreinio verb (to set free (oneself or someone) from imprisonment, or from serfdom or slavery)
Sample sentences
31 total sentences available.
It is much to be wished that slavery may be abolished. The honour of the States, as well as justice and humanity, in my opinion, loudly call upon them to emancipate these unhappy people. To contend for our own liberty, and to deny that blessing to others, involves an inconsistency not to be excused.
Source: tatoeba (6003110)
We anarchists do not want to emancipate the people; we want the people to emancipate themselves.
Source: tatoeba (8544765)
[T]his was his [God's] first work,to redeem, to vindicate them from the usurper, to deliver them from the intruder, to emancipate them from the tyrant, to cancel the covenant between hell and them, and restore them. so far to their liberty, as that they might come to their first Master if they would: this was redeeming.
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