Definitions

1. verb

to free or release a person from slavery or servitude, or to grant a person freedom or release from an obligation.

“The philanthropist’s organization worked tirelessly to manumit slaves from the oppressive regime.”

2. noun

the act of freeing or releasing a person from slavery or servitude, or the granting of freedom or release from an obligation.

“The historian studied the manumit of the city’s slaves during the civil war.”