emancipation
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• noun
The fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation from slavery or servitude.
"The nineteenth-century reformers campaigned tirelessly for the emancipation of enslaved peoples and the expansion of civil rights."
The legal process by which a minor is freed from the control and authority of their parents or guardians before reaching the age of majority, while the parents are simultaneously relieved of responsibility for the child.
"The seventeen-year-old actor petitioned the family court for legal emancipation so she could sign her own studio contracts and manage her finances independently."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Latin emancipatio, from emancipare ('to declare free, give up authority over'), formed from ex- ('out, away') and mancipare ('to deliver, transfer ownership'), which combines manus ('hand') and capere ('to take'). In ancient Roman law, it originally denoted the formal release of a son or wife from the legal authority (patria potestas) of the head of the household.