manumit
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man·u·mit
(măn'yə-mĭt') 
tr.v., -mit·ted, -mit·ting, -mits.
To free from slavery or bondage; emancipate.
manumitter man'u·mit'ter n.
tr.v., -mit·ted, -mit·ting, -mits.
To free from slavery or bondage; emancipate.
[Middle English manumitten, from Old French manumitter, from Latin manūmittere : manū, ablative of manus, hand + mittere, to send from.]
manumission man'u·mis'sion (-mĭsh'ən) n.manumitter man'u·mit'ter n.
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manumit
verb
- To set at liberty: discharge, emancipate, free, liberate, loose, release. Slang spring. Idioms: let loose. See free/unfree.
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Manumit
Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - frigive (slave)
Nederlands (Dutch)
vrijlaten (van slaaf)
Français (French)
v. tr. - libérer, relâcher
Deutsch (German)
v. - freilassen
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (νομ.) χειραφετώ, απελευθερώνω
Italiano (Italian)
liberare, affrancare
Português (Portuguese)
v. - libertar
Русский (Russian)
отпускать на волю
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - manumitir, liberar, emancipar
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - frige (slav)
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
解放, 释放
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 解放, 釋放
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 석방하다, 해방하다
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يعتق, يحرر من العبوديه
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - הוציא (עבד) לחופשי
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