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MANUMISSION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does manumission mean?
• MANUMISSION (noun)
The noun MANUMISSION has 1 sense:
1. the formal act of freeing from slavery
Familiarity information: MANUMISSION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The formal act of freeing from slavery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
he believed in the manumission of the slaves
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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