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- DictionaryE·man·ci·pa·tion/əˌmansəˈpāSH(ə)n/
noun
- 1. the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation: "the emancipation of feminist ideas"
noun
Effort to procure economic and social rights, political rights or equality
Emancipation has many meanings; in political terms, it often means to free a person from a previous restraint or legal disability that violates basic human rights, such as Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Politically it is also used as a guise to procure state power offering the appearance of helping economic and social rights, political rights or equality, often as a pretext for using speci... Wikipedia