transitive verb emancipated -·pat′ed, emancipating -·pat′·ing

1. to set free (a slave, etc.); release from bondage, servitude, or serfdom
2. to free from restraint or control, as of social convention
3. Law to release (a child) from parental control and supervision

Etymology: < L emancipatus, pp. of emancipare < e-, out + mancipare, to deliver up or make over as property < manceps, purchaser < manus, the hand (see manual) + capere, to take (see have)