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manumit

 
Dictionary: man·u·mit   (măn'yə-mĭt') pronunciation
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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verb

    To set at liberty: discharge, emancipate, free, liberate, loose, release. Slang spring. Idioms: let loose. See free/unfree.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: free from slavery or servitude
  Synonym: emancipate


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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

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 解放する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يعتق, يحرر من العبوديه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הוציא (עבד) לחופשי‬


 
 
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