manumit Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb free from slavery or servitude
    emancipate.

WordNet

Man`u*mit" transitive verb
Etymology
L. manumittere, manumissum; manus the hand + mittere to send, to send off. See Manual, and Missile.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Manumitted; present participle & verbal noun Manumitting
Definitions
  1. To release from slavery; to liberate from personal bondage or servitude; to free, as a slave. "Manumitted slaves." Hume.

Webster 1913