Emancipation vs Liberate - What's the difference?
emancipation | liberate |
The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence
The state of being thus set free; liberation; used of slaves, minors, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjection.
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To free; to release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to manumit; to disengage.
(euphemistic) To steal or abscond with (something).
As a noun emancipation
is the act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence.As a verb liberate is
to free; to release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to manumit; to disengage.emancipation
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(wikipedia emancipation)Noun
(en-noun)- US President Abraham Lincoln was called the Great Emancipator after issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
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liberate
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Verb
(liberat)- to liberate a slave or prisoner
- to liberate the mind from prejudice
- to liberate gases
- The neighbor's garden gnome is so ugly, I'm tempted to liberate it for them.