Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for E-MAN-CI-PA'TION
E-MAN'CI-PA-TINGE-MAN-CI-PA'TION-IST, or EMAN'CI-PIST
E-MAN-CI-PA'TION, n.
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.
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