manumission Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the formal act of freeing from slavery
    • he believed in the manumission of the slaves

WordNet

Man`u*mis"sion noun
Etymology
L. manumissio: cf. F. manumission. See Manumit.
Definitions
  1. The act of manumitting, or of liberating a slave from bondage. "Given to slaves at their manumission." Arbuthnot.

Webster 1913