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Manumission

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. release from slavery, freedom, the act of manumitting

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The act of manumitting, or of liberating a slave from bondage.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Liberation from slavery, bondage, or restraint; a setting free; emancipation.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the formal act of freeing from slavery

Word Usage

"Some had technical meanings in the Middle Ages which had to be matched very carefully to how they were used in the text 'manumission' for instance, while some bring up thoughts of the Middle Ages that reflect nineteenth century romanticism in minds of most readers."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

liberation freeing release

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