verb
manumit
Manumit (verb) means to set someone free from slavery.
verb
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To set someone free from slavery.
"Ruth wept much but Sara set her beauty to a fierce grimness which, even when, as you shall hear later, she was manumitted, she never entirely lost."
— Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked (1985)
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Etymology
Came from Middle English manumitten, from Latin manūmittere, from pre-Classical Latin manū ēmittere, literally "send out from one's hand".
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What is the meaning of manumit?
"manumit" (verb) means to set someone free from slavery.
What is another word for manumit?
Other words for "manumit" include emancipate.
What is the opposite of manumit?
Opposites of "manumit" include yoke, enslave.
