emancipation

The word “emancipation” has 5 syllables: e-man-ci-pa-tion

It's pronounced as /ɪˌmæn.sɪˈpeɪ.ʃən/


What is synonym and antonym for emancipation?

In the thesaurus, “emancipation” has 18 synonyms and 16 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for emancipation along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for emancipation

  • autonomy
  • deliverance
  • delivery
  • enfranchisement
  • freedom
  • freeing
  • independence
  • independency
  • liberation
  • liberty
  • manumission
  • redemption
  • release
  • salvation
  • self-government
  • setting free
  • sovereignty
  • sovranty

Antonyms for emancipation

  • bondage
  • captivity
  • conquest
  • enchainment
  • enslavement
  • hold
  • imprisonment
  • incarceration
  • internment
  • restraint
  • serfdom
  • servitude
  • subjugation
  • thraldom
  • thralldom
  • yoke

Meanings of emancipation

  • noun
    1. The act of setting free from the power of another, as from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence.
    2. The state of being thus set free; liberation (used, for example, of slaves from bondage, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjugation).

Example Sentences

  • The emancipation of slaves was a pivotal moment in the history of the United States.
  • His speech focused on the importance of emancipation from oppressive political regimes.
  • The emancipation of women around the world has led to significant social progress.
  • The emancipation of the country from colonial rule was celebrated with a national holiday.
  • Many view the emancipation of the workforce as a key step toward greater equality.

On this page you'll find 34 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to emancipation, such as: autonomy, bondage, captivity, conquest, deliverance, delivery, enchainment.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

salvation

unbinding

  • clearing
  • deliverance
  • delivering
  • delivery
  • detaching
  • discharging
  • disembarrassing
  • disencumbering
  • disengaging
  • disentangling
  • disenthraling
  • disenthralling
  • emancipating
  • emancipation
  • enfranchising
  • enlarging
  • extricating
  • extrication
  • freedom
  • freeing
  • granting freedom
  • liberating
  • liberation
  • loosening
  • loosing
  • manumission
  • manumitting
  • pardoning
  • paroling
  • parting
  • ransoming
  • raveling
  • ravelling
  • redeeming
  • release
  • releasing
  • reprieve
  • rescuing
  • restoration
  • salvation
  • saving
  • separation
  • setting free
  • springing
  • turning loose
  • unbraiding
  • uncaging
  • unchaining
  • undoing
  • unfastening
  • unfettering
  • unlacing
  • unlashing
  • unlocking
  • unraveling
  • unshackling
  • unsnarling
  • untangling
  • untieing
  • untying
  • unwinding

unchaining

  • abolition
  • clearing
  • deliverance
  • delivering
  • delivery
  • democracy
  • discharging
  • disembarrassing
  • disencumbering
  • disengaging
  • disentangling
  • disenthraling
  • disenthralling
  • emancipating
  • emancipation
  • enfranchising
  • enlarging
  • extricating
  • extrication
  • freeing
  • granting freedom
  • liberating
  • liberation
  • liberty
  • loosening
  • loosing
  • manumission
  • manumitting
  • pardoning
  • paroling
  • ransoming
  • redeeming
  • release
  • releasing
  • reprieve
  • rescuing
  • restoration
  • salvation
  • saving
  • setting free
  • sovereignty
  • springing
  • turning loose
  • unbinding
  • uncaging
  • unfettering
  • unlocking
  • unshackling
  • untying

unconstraint

  • abandon
  • abandonment
  • adroitness
  • affability
  • aplomb
  • ardor
  • autarchy
  • authorization
  • autonomy
  • birthright
  • blank check
  • boldness
  • brazenness
  • breeze
  • candor
  • carelessness
  • carte blanche
  • casualness
  • certificate
  • charter
  • choice
  • cinch
  • cleverness
  • composure
  • consent
  • convenience
  • decision
  • deliverance
  • delivery
  • dexterity
  • directness
  • dispatch
  • dispensation
  • disrespect
  • duck soup
  • ease
  • easiness
  • easygoingness
  • efficiency
  • effortlessness
  • emancipation
  • enfranchisement
  • enlightenment
  • enthusiasm
  • entitlement
  • excess
  • excessiveness
  • exemption
  • expertise
  • expertness
  • exuberance
  • facility
  • familiarity
  • fervor
  • flexibility
  • fluency
  • forthrightness
  • forwardness
  • franchise
  • frankness
  • free hand
  • free speech
  • freedom
  • go ahead
  • grant
  • green light
  • heedlessness
  • immoderacy
  • immunity
  • impertinence
  • impulsiveness
  • impulsivity
  • incontinence
  • independence
  • indiscretion
  • indulgence
  • informality
  • ingenuousness
  • insouciance
  • intemperance
  • knack
  • lack of reserve
  • lack of restraint
  • latitude
  • laxity
  • leave
  • leisure
  • liberation
  • liberty
  • license
  • licentiousness
  • lightheartedness
  • naturalness
  • nonchalance
  • offhandedness
  • okay
  • openness
  • opportunity
  • overfamiliarity
  • permission
  • permissiveness
  • permit
  • poise
  • power of choice
  • prerogative
  • presumption
  • privilege
  • pushover
  • quickness
  • readiness
  • recklessness
  • relaxation
  • relaxedness
  • release
  • rest
  • right
  • sanction
  • self-determination
  • self-government
  • setup
  • simplicity
  • skillfulness
  • smooth sailing
  • smoothness
  • snap
  • sovereignty
  • spirit
  • spontaneity
  • spontaneousness
  • suffrage
  • thoughtlessness
  • ticket
  • unaffectedness
  • unceremoniousness
  • uninhibitedness
  • unreservedness
  • unrestraint
  • unself-consciousness
  • wantonness
  • warmth
  • warrant
  • wildness
  • zeal
  • zealotry
  • zealousness

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