manumit
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
manumit /ˌmanjʊˈmɪt/
▶verb (manumits, manumitting, manumitted) historical release from slavery; set free.
– derivatives
manumission noun,
manumitter noun.
manumission noun,
manumitter noun.
– origin ME: from L. manumittere, lit. ‘send forth from the hand’.
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