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manumit
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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.
manumit [man-new-mit]
Verb
[-mitting, -mitted] to free from slavery [Latin manumittere to release]
manumission n
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Verb1.manumit - free from slavery or servitude
emancipate
set free, liberate - grant freedom to; "The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university"


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