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to manumit

to manumit

1 9.9
To free someone from slavery
  • verb
  • /ˌmæn.juˈmɪt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : manumitir
  • The landowner decided to manumit his slaves after years of campaigning by abolitionists.

Examples

  • Some Roman masters would occasionally manumit loyal servants as a reward for their service.

  • The act of manumitting the slaves was a significant step towards justice.

  • He hoped to manumit all those held in bondage in his colony.

  • He manumitted her, and she was overjoyed!

  • The owner decided to manumit his slaves.

  • To manumit someone means to grant them freedom from servitude.

  • After years of hard work, the master finally decided to manumit his loyal servant.

Synonyms

to set free
vsto manumit
218 2.7

To let a person or animal go after keeping them in a place where they could not leave

applies specifically to freeing from slavery or servitude rather than generally
to liberate
vsto manumit
104 4.3

Set someone free from prison or unfair control

focuses specifically on ending slavery or servitude rather than general freedom
to emancipate
vsto manumit
  • Formal
23 7.0

To set someone free from unfair control or rules so they have equal rights

is specific to releasing people from slavery or servitude

Antonyms

to enslave
  • NSFW
101 5.7

To force a person to work for someone else and take away their freedom

How Free

to liberate
104 4.3
to emancipate
  • Formal
23 7.0
to manumit
  • Archaic
1 9.9
release
279 1.8
to enslave
  • NSFW
101 5.7

Surface Forms

manumit infinitive
manumitted past
manumitted past participle
manumitting present participle
manumits third person singular

Etymology

Manumit comes from Latin parts manu- 'hand' and mittere 'to send', and you can see manu- in the word manual, which means 'by hand'. So it originally meant 'send from the hand', or to let a person go from another person's control, and that is why to manumit someone now means to set them free from slavery.