1. Free from slavery or servitude
   "The plantation owner decided to emancipate all his slaves";
   - manumit [archaic]
    
2. Give equal rights to; of women and minorities
   "The new law emancipated women in the workplace";
   - liberate

Derived forms: emancipates, emancipated, emancipating

Type of: change state, liberate, set free, turn

Encyclopedia: Emancipate