Definitions for: Manumission


[n] the formal act of freeing from slavery; "he believed in the manumission of the slaves"



Webster (1913) Definition: Man`u*mis"sion, n. [L. manumissio: cf. F.
manumission. See Manumit.]
The act of manumitting, or of liberating a slave from
bondage. ``Given to slaves at their manumission.''
--Arbuthnot.

See Also: freeing, liberation, release

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