e·man·ci·pate 
(ĭ-mănsə-pāt′)
(ĭ-mănsə-pāt′)tr.v. e·man·ci·pat·ed, e·man·ci·pat·ing, e·man·ci·pates
1. To free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate.
2. Law To release (a child) from the control of parents or a guardian.
[Latin ēmancipāre, ēmancipāt- : ē-, ex-, ex- + mancipāre, to sell, transfer (from manceps, mancip-, purchaser; see man-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).]
e·manci·pa′tive, e·manci·pa·to′ry (-pə-tôr′ē) adj.
e·manci·pa′tor n.