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man⋅u⋅mis⋅sion

  [man-yuh-mish-uhn]
–noun
the act of manumitting.
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Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L manūmissiōn- (s. of manūmissiō). See manumit, mission
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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 
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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