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[man-yuh-mish-uh
n] 
–noun
| the act of manumitting. |
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| man·u·mit (mān'yə-mĭt') 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
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.
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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
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