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manumission

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11 lettersPronunciation /mænjʊˈmɪʃən/Part of speech nounSorted aiimmnnossuStarts with MEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. the formal act of freeing from slavery

Word origin

From Middle English manumissioun, from Middle French manumission and its etymon Latin manūmissiō.

Used in a sentence

  • The manumission of the slaves in New York has been gradual.
  • The most important law of Augustus, was the lex oelia sentia, deserving of all praise, which related to the manumission of slaves.
  • In the west, and especially in Cornwall, the names of the serfs were mainly Celtic,—Griffith, Modred, Riol, and so forth,—as may be seen from the list of manumissions preserved in a mass-book at St. Petroc's, or Padstow.

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