Definition

1. Noun:
   • The formal act of freeing a person from slavery: "Manumission" refers to the legal process or official deed by which an enslaved person is granted freedom by their owner.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The historical documents recorded the manumission of several individuals in 1820.
  • He worked tirelessly for the manumission of all enslaved people on the plantation.

Advanced Usage

• "To grant manumission": to formally give freedom.

  • The plantation owner finally agreed to grant manumission to the elderly couple who had served him for decades.

• "A deed of manumission": a legal document certifying freedom.

  • After signing the deed of manumission, she was legally a free woman.

Variants and Related Words

• Manumit (verb): to release from slavery; to set free.
  • The king decided to manumit all prisoners of war.

Synonyms

• Emancipation: the act of setting free from legal, social, or political restrictions (often used more broadly than "manumission").
• Liberation: the act of setting someone free from imprisonment, oppression, or slavery.
• Freeing: the general act of making someone free.

Antonyms

• Enslavement: the action of making someone a slave.
• Bondage: the state of being a slave or serf.

Noun

1. the formal act of freeing from slavery
   • he believed in the manumission of the slaves