We know the definition. We want to know what exactly that means and what its effects are in this game.
The variable "Emancipation" in the game determines the amount and scope of each character's response to the requests in the game .In fact, this variable determines the amount of sexual freedom of each character in the face of Max. The lower the value of this variable for each character, the less that character responds to the given requests (especially sexual). Also, each character in each range of values of this variable shows different behaviors towards requests.
But this variable does not determine everything. Because the sum of these variables and other variables determines the behavior of each character in each situation.
For example the amount of
Max some ability variable + Alice Emancipation variable + alcoholic candy variable
Determines whether Alice accepts or rejects something during the game or allows Max to move on to the next stage of something.
Usually, each choice made by the players affects on different variables, and these variables increase or decrease during a game in a process, their manual change can damage the game process. Because one variable has changed all at once and the other variables have not changed accordingly.