EMANCIPA'TION, noun The act of setting free from slavery, servitude, subjection or dependence; deliverance from bondage or controlling influence; liberation; as the emancipation of slaves by their proprietors; the emancipation of a son among the Romans; the emancipation of a person from prejudices, or from a servile subjection to authority.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI