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Definition of: manumit
(man′yə·mit′) v.t. ·mit·ted, ·mit·ting
To free from bondage, as a slave; emancipate; liberate. [<L manumittere <manu emittere, lit., send forth from one's hand <manus hand + emittere <ex away from + mittere send]
—man′u·mis′sion (-mish′ən) noun
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