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Manumission
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man·u·mit
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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 manūmittere : manū, ablative of manus, hand; see man-2 in Indo-European roots + mittere, to send from.] man'u·mis'sion (-mĭsh'ən) n., man'u·mit'ter n. |
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manumission
1432, from L. manumissionem (nom. manumissio) "freeing of a slave," noun of action from manumittere "to set free," from manu mittere "release from control," from manu, abl. of manus "power of a master," lit. "hand" (see manual) + mittere "let go, release."
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| manumission | |
noun | |
| the formal act of freeing from slavery; "he believed in the manumission of the slaves" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
Manumission
Man`u*mis"sion\, n. [L. manumissio: cf. F. manumission. See Manumit.] The act of manumitting, or of liberating a slave from bondage. "Given to slaves at their manumission." --Arbuthnot.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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