What are the opposite words for emancipate?
Emancipate means to free someone from a situation of control or oppression. The antonyms for emancipate would be words that describe the opposite situation, such as enslave, subjugate, or oppress. Enslave means to place someone under permanent control or dominance, while subjugate is to bring them under submission or domination. Oppress involves the long-term and unjust exercise of power over someone, often for political or economic reasons. Other antonyms for emancipate could include constrain, confine, or restrain, which suggest limiting or restricting someone's freedom rather than granting it. In contrast, some related synonyms for emancipate might include liberate, empower, or unleash.
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discharge
- keep.
- liberate
- enfranchise
- deliver
- disentangle
- emancipate
- clear
- loose/loosen
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enslave
- disenfranchise,
- disenfranchised,
- disfranchise,
- disfranchised,
- enchain,
- enchained,
- enslaved,
- fettered,
- hobble,
- Disfranchising,
- Indenturing,
- shut in,
- Subjected,
- Subjecting,
- enchains,
- enchaining,
- disenfranchises,
- disenfranchising,
- put in irons,
- dis enfranchise,
- dis enfranchised,
- dis enfranchises,
- dis enfranchising,
- dis franchise,
- dis franchised,
- dis franchises,
- dis franchising,
- dis-enfranchise,
- dis-enfranchised,
- dis-enfranchises,
- dis-enfranchising,
- dis-franchise,
- dis-franchised,
- dis-franchises,
- dis-franchising,
- disfranchises,
- gat hooks in to,
- gat hooks into,
- get hooks in to,
- get hooks into,
- gets hooks in to,
- gets hooks into,
- getting hooks in to,
- getting hooks into,
- got hooks in to,
- got hooks into,
- gotten hooks in to,
- gotten hooks into,
- in denture,
- in dentures,
- in-denture,
- in-dentures,
- keep under thumb,
- keeping under thumb,
- keeps under thumb,
- kept under thumb,
- put irons,
- puts in irons,
- puts irons,
- putting in irons,
- putting irons,
- re duce,
- re duces,
- re strain,
- re strained,
- re straining,
- re strains,
- re strict,
- re-duce,
- re-duces,
- re-strain,
- re-strained,
- re-straining,
- re-strains,
- re-strict,
- shuts in,
- shutting in,
- sub due,
- sub dues,
- sub jugate,
- sub-due,
- sub-dues,
- sub-jugate,
- enslave.
- make someone a servant
- Other relevant words
Antonym of the day
doth to a turn
- Antonyms:
- abstain, avoid, bear.