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- Dictionarymanumission/ˌmanjʊˈmɪʃn/
noun
- 1. release from slavery: historical "a leading advocate of manumission"
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The meaning of MANUMISSION is the act or process of manumitting; especially : formal emancipation from slavery.
Manumission, or enfranchisement, is the act of freeing slaves by their owners. Different approaches to manumission were developed, each specific to the time and place of a particular society.
Manumission definition: the act of manumitting. . See examples of MANUMISSION used in a sentence.
the fact of giving a slave (= a person who is legally owned by someone else and has to work for and obey that person) their freedom: She remained a slave much longer than the others because she was too old to be eligible for manumission.
More specifically though, manumission is the act of a slave owner setting slaves free, while emancipation (and abolition) involve government action. When slavery was legal in the U.S., most who opposed it believed in all three.
Definition of manumission noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The act of freeing or the state of being freed from slavery, servitude, etc.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
