MANUMISSION - Definition

Pronunciation:		`manyu'mishun
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] the formal act of freeing from slavery; "he believed in the manumission of the slaves"

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	See Also:	freeing, liberation, release

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Man`u*mis"sion\, n. [L. manumissio: cf. F. manumission. See {Manumit}.] The act of manumitting, or of liberating a slave from bondage. ``Given to slaves at their manumission.'' --Arbuthnot.