manumit

Definitions


[ˌmanjʊˈmɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- release from slavery; set free
(e.g: old Angus had never manumitted a single slave)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin manumittere, literally ‘send forth from the hand’, from manus ‘hand’ + mittere ‘send’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries