emancipate
UK: ɪˈmænsɪpeɪt | US: ɪˈmænsəpeɪt
vt. to free from restraint, control, or oppression
vt. to release from paternal authority or legal dependence
vt. (historical) to free from slavery or servitude
Derived from Latin emancipare ("to transfer ownership, release from authority"), the word originally referred to the Roman legal act of freeing a son from paternal control (manus = hand, symbolizing authority). Over time, it broadened to mean liberation from any form of oppression, reflecting the physical and metaphorical "release from someone’s grasp."
The reform aimed to emancipate serfs from feudal bondage.
Education can emancipate minds from prejudice.
The 19th-century movement sought to emancipate enslaved people.
She felt emancipated after leaving the restrictive job.
The law emancipated minors who proved financial independence.