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manumission

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man·u·mit  (mny-mt)
tr.v. man·u·mit·ted, man·u·mit·ting, man·u·mits
To free from slavery or bondage; emancipate.
[Middle English manumitten, from Old French manumitter, from Latin manmittere : man, ablative of manus, hand; see man-2 in Indo-European roots + mittere, to send from.]
manu·mission (-mshn) n.
manu·mitter n.
manumission
the act of setting free or being set free from slavery; emancipation.
See also: Freedom
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Noun1.manumission - the formal act of freeing from slavery; "he believed in the manumission of the slaves"
freeing, liberation, release - the act of liberating someone or something
manumission
noun freeing, release, liberation, emancipation, deliverance, unchaining, enfranchisement The country's manumission began in 1762.


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* The manumission of the slaves in New York has been gradual.
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