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MANUMISSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The formal act of freeing from slavery
Example:
he believed in the manumission of the slaves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("manumission" is a kind of...):
freeing; liberation; release (the act of liberating someone or something)
Derivation:
manumit (free from slavery or servitude)
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