MANUMISSION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The formal act of freeing from slavery

Example:

he believed in the manumission of the slaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("manumission" is a kind of...):

freeing; liberation; release (the act of liberating someone or something)

Derivation:

manumit (free from slavery or servitude)

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