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年获得了解放。

That war preserved the Union and emancipated the slaves. 那场战争保住了联邦政府，解放了奴隶。

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

...the emancipation of women. …妇女的解放。