different between freedom vs emancipate

English

Etymology

From Middle English fredom, freedom, from Old English fr?od?m (“freedom, state of free-will, charter, emancipation, deliverance”), from Proto-West Germanic *frijad?m (“freedom”). Equivalent to free +? -dom. Cognate with North Frisian fridoem (“freedom”), Dutch vrijdom (“freedom”), Low German fr?dom (“freedom”), Middle High German vr?tuom (“freedom”), Norwegian fridom (“freedom”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: fr?'d?m, IPA^(key): /?f?i?d?m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?id?m/
• Hyphenation: free?dom

Noun

freedom (countable and uncountable, plural freedoms)

1. (uncountable) The state of being free, of not being imprisoned or enslaved.

2. (countable) The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained.

3. Frankness; openness; unreservedness.
   • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 50:

     I doubt not, that you will take amiss my freedom; but as you have deserved it from me, I shall be less and less concerned on that score, as I see you are more and more intent to show your wit at the expense of justice and compassion.

4. Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum.

Usage notes

• Freedom from can be followed by various nouns, typically, fear, want, hunger, pain, hatred, disease, stress, depression, debt, poverty, necessity, violence, war, advertising, addiction, etc.

Synonyms

• liberty
• license
• exemption

Antonyms

• slavery
• imprisonment
• bondage
• constraint
• unfreedom

Derived terms

Translations

References

• freedom at OneLook Dictionary Search
• freedom in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• freedom in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• fordeem

English

Etymology

From Latin ?mancip?tus, past participle of ?mancip? (“to declare (a son) free and independent of the father's power by the thrice-repeated act of mancip?ti? and manumissi?, give from one's own power or authority into that of another, give up, surrender”), from ? (“out”) + mancip? (“to transfer ownership in”), from manceps (“purchaser, a contractor, literally, one who takes in hand”), from manus (“hand”) + capi? (“to take”). See manual, and capable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mæns?pe?t/

Verb

emancipate (third-person singular simple present emancipates, present participle emancipating, simple past and past participle emancipated)

1. To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as:
   1. To set free, as a minor from a parent

   2. To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit

2. To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence
   • 1699, John Evelyn, Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets

     From how many troublesome and slavish impertinences […] he had emancipated and freed himself.

   • 1879, Adolphus Ward, Chaucer, in English Men of Letters

     to emancipate the human conscience

   • 1980, Bob Marley, Redemption Song

     Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds.

Synonyms

• liberate
• manumit

Derived terms

• emancipatory
• emancipatrix

Related terms

• emancipation
• emancipator
• emancipist

Translations

Adjective

emancipate (comparative more emancipate, superlative most emancipate)

1. Freed; set at liberty.

Further reading

• emancipate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• emancipate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Italian

Adjective

emancipate

1. feminine plural of emancipato

Verb

emancipate

1. second-person plural present indicative of emancipare
2. second-person plural imperative of emancipare
3. feminine plural of emancipato

Latin

Verb

?mancip?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ?mancip?