manumit

Meaning

To release from slavery, to free.

Synonyms

emancipate

free

🆓

release

enfranchise

exempt

liberate

deliver

disencumber

disengage

dispense

exonerate

let off

lib

prepay

redeem

relieve

remit

rescue

set free

spell

stamp

unblock

unchain

uncork

undam

unfreeze

whitewash

let go of

emancipate a slave

absolve

affrachér

acquit

affranchise

assoil

clear

decontrol

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mænjʊˈmɪt/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin manūmittere, from pre-Classical Latin manū ēmittere (literally “send out from one’s hand”).