1 verb give legal or political freedom TRANSITIVEfuascail verb c m usaor verb c m uthey emancipated the prisonersshaor siad na príosúnaigh, lig siad na príosúnaigh saor2 verb allow to think freely TRANSITIVElig le PhrV c m usaor verb c m uhe emancipated his imaginationlig sé lena shamhlaíochtshe first had to emancipate herself from the ideologybhí uirthi í féin a shaoradh ón idé-eolaíocht ar dtús3 verb release from constraints TRANSITIVEhe longed for a life emancipated from violenceshantaigh sé saol a bhí saor ón bhforéigeanthe country was emancipated from austerity measuresbhí an tír fuascailte ó bhearta déine