emancipate

1. V-T If people are emancipated, they are freed from unpleasant or unfair social, political, or legal restrictions. 解放[正式]

Catholics were emancipated in 1792. 天主教徒在1792年獲得了解放。

That war preserved the Union and emancipated the slaves. 那場戰爭保住了聯邦政府，解放了奴隸。

2. emancipationN-UNCOUNT 解放[oft N 'of' n]

...the emancipation of women. …婦女的解放。