Definition of manumit in English:

manumit

verbmanumitting, manumits, manumitted ˌmanjʊˈmɪtˌmænjəˈmɪt

[with object]historical

Release from slavery; set free.
〈史〉解放（奴隶）；使获得自由
old Angus had never manumitted a single slave
Example sentencesExamples
- To be manumitted, slaves required ‘free papers,’ even when masters failed to confer these promised documents, either through callousness, unexpected debt, or untimely death.
- It even seemed possible that they could improve the conditions of slaves and persuade ever more planters to manumit their bondsmen.
- Gradually they have been manumitted; the slaves are free, women vote, young people have a childhood and a charter, the mentally unstable given a place, the disabled access.
- In response, members of the Georgia and South Carolina Congressional delegations intimated that if Congress attempted to manumit slaves, their states would leave the Union.
- They manumitted them if they were children of slave women and deeded them property.
Synonyms
set free, free, release, let out, let go, discharge, let loose, set loose, deliver, save, rescue, extricate

Derivatives

manumission

noun ˌmanjʊˈmɪʃ(ə)nˌmænjəˈmɪʃ(ə)n

mass noun

historical

Release from slavery.
〈史〉解放（奴隶）；使获得自由
a leading advocate of manumission
Example sentencesExamples
- as modifier manumission documents from the Slavery Chancellery
- count noun negotiated manumissions of slaves by their masters
- Some of the Africans who arrived as slaves became free through manumission by sympathetic owners, or perhaps by a selfish owner who granted freedom rather than support elderly or incapacitated slaves.
- Full manumission brought freedom and Roman citizenship at the same time.
- Furthermore, the number of slaves had been reduced since many slave families had won their freedom by manumission.

manumitter

noun

historical

In this period, fewer than 40 percent of manumitters freed all their slaves.
Example sentencesExamples
- Following the gradualist laws and conditional manumissions-which delayed freedom well until adulthood-many manumitters required their slaves to agree to long-term indentureships as part of the price of freedom, thereby reviving an older system of subordination and providing masters with a profitable exit from slave ownership.
- Too focused on the manumitters' motives (whether moral, material, or both), they neglect the equally important ‘actions and behavior of the blacks who were seeking to become free’.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin manumittere, literally 'send forth from the hand', from manus 'hand' + mittere 'send'.

Rhymes

acquit, admit, backlit, bedsit, befit, bit, Brit, Britt, chit, commit, demit, dit, emit, fit, flit, frit, git, grit, hit, intermit, it, kit, knit, legit, lickety-split, lit, mishit, mitt, nit, omit, outsit, outwit, permit, pit, Pitt, pretermit, quit, remit, retrofit, sit, skit, slit, snit, spit, split, sprit, squit, submit, transmit, twit, whit, wit, writ, zit

Definition of manumit in US English:

manumit

verbˌmanyəˈmitˌmænjəˈmɪt

[with object]historical

Release from slavery; set free.
〈史〉解放（奴隶）；使获得自由
old Angus had never manumitted a single slave
Example sentencesExamples
- Gradually they have been manumitted; the slaves are free, women vote, young people have a childhood and a charter, the mentally unstable given a place, the disabled access.
- It even seemed possible that they could improve the conditions of slaves and persuade ever more planters to manumit their bondsmen.
- To be manumitted, slaves required ‘free papers,’ even when masters failed to confer these promised documents, either through callousness, unexpected debt, or untimely death.
- They manumitted them if they were children of slave women and deeded them property.
- In response, members of the Georgia and South Carolina Congressional delegations intimated that if Congress attempted to manumit slaves, their states would leave the Union.
Synonyms
set free, free, release, let out, let go, discharge, let loose, set loose, deliver, save, rescue, extricate

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin manumittere, literally ‘send forth from the hand’, from manus ‘hand’ + mittere ‘send’.

词汇	manumit
释义	Definition of manumit in English: manumit verbmanumitting, manumits, manumitted ˌmanjʊˈmɪtˌmænjəˈmɪt [with object]historical Release from slavery; set free. 〈史〉解放（奴隶）；使获得自由 old Angus had never manumitted a single slave Example sentencesExamples To be manumitted, slaves required ‘free papers,’ even when masters failed to confer these promised documents, either through callousness, unexpected debt, or untimely death. It even seemed possible that they could improve the conditions of slaves and persuade ever more planters to manumit their bondsmen. Gradually they have been manumitted; the slaves are free, women vote, young people have a childhood and a charter, the mentally unstable given a place, the disabled access. In response, members of the Georgia and South Carolina Congressional delegations intimated that if Congress attempted to manumit slaves, their states would leave the Union. They manumitted them if they were children of slave women and deeded them property. Synonyms set free, free, release, let out, let go, discharge, let loose, set loose, deliver, save, rescue, extricate Derivatives manumission noun ˌmanjʊˈmɪʃ(ə)nˌmænjəˈmɪʃ(ə)n mass nounhistorical Release from slavery. 〈史〉解放（奴隶）；使获得自由 a leading advocate of manumission Example sentencesExamples as modifier manumission documents from the Slavery Chancellery count noun negotiated manumissions of slaves by their masters Some of the Africans who arrived as slaves became free through manumission by sympathetic owners, or perhaps by a selfish owner who granted freedom rather than support elderly or incapacitated slaves. Full manumission brought freedom and Roman citizenship at the same time. Furthermore, the number of slaves had been reduced since many slave families had won their freedom by manumission. manumitter noun historical In this period, fewer than 40 percent of manumitters freed all their slaves. Example sentencesExamples Following the gradualist laws and conditional manumissions-which delayed freedom well until adulthood-many manumitters required their slaves to agree to long-term indentureships as part of the price of freedom, thereby reviving an older system of subordination and providing masters with a profitable exit from slave ownership. Too focused on the manumitters' motives (whether moral, material, or both), they neglect the equally important ‘actions and behavior of the blacks who were seeking to become free’. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin manumittere, literally 'send forth from the hand', from manus 'hand' + mittere 'send'. Rhymes acquit, admit, backlit, bedsit, befit, bit, Brit, Britt, chit, commit, demit, dit, emit, fit, flit, frit, git, grit, hit, intermit, it, kit, knit, legit, lickety-split, lit, mishit, mitt, nit, omit, outsit, outwit, permit, pit, Pitt, pretermit, quit, remit, retrofit, sit, skit, slit, snit, spit, split, sprit, squit, submit, transmit, twit, whit, wit, writ, zit Definition of manumit in US English: manumit verbˌmanyəˈmitˌmænjəˈmɪt [with object]historical Release from slavery; set free. 〈史〉解放（奴隶）；使获得自由 old Angus had never manumitted a single slave Example sentencesExamples Gradually they have been manumitted; the slaves are free, women vote, young people have a childhood and a charter, the mentally unstable given a place, the disabled access. It even seemed possible that they could improve the conditions of slaves and persuade ever more planters to manumit their bondsmen. To be manumitted, slaves required ‘free papers,’ even when masters failed to confer these promised documents, either through callousness, unexpected debt, or untimely death. They manumitted them if they were children of slave women and deeded them property. In response, members of the Georgia and South Carolina Congressional delegations intimated that if Congress attempted to manumit slaves, their states would leave the Union. Synonyms set free, free, release, let out, let go, discharge, let loose, set loose, deliver, save, rescue, extricate Origin Late Middle English: from Latin manumittere, literally ‘send forth from the hand’, from manus ‘hand’ + mittere ‘send’.
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