manumission
man·u·mis·sion
noun \ˌman-yə-ˈmi-shən\Definition of MANUMISSION
: the act or process of manumitting; especially : formal emancipation from slavery
See Examples of MANUMISSION
- <the official manumission of the slaves came after the Civil War>
Origin of MANUMISSION
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin manumission-, manumissio, from manumittere
First Known Use: 15th century
Related to MANUMISSION
Antonyms: enslavement
Related Words: deliverance, redemption, salvation; autonomy, freedom, independence, independency, liberty, self-government, sovereignty (also sovranty)
Near Antonyms: bondage, serfdom, servitude, thralldom (or thraldom), yoke; captivity, enchainment, imprisonment, incarceration, internment; conquest, subjugation
Rhymes with MANUMISSION
acoustician, acquisition, admonition, aesthetician, air-condition, ammunition, apparition, apposition, coalition, co-edition, competition, composition, cosmetician, decommission, decondition, definition, demolition, deposition, dietitian, disposition, disquisition, electrician, erudition, exhibition, expedition, exposition, extradition, first edition, imposition, in addition, inanition, in commission, inhibition, inquisition, intermission, intromission, intuition, linguistician, logistician, malnutrition, malposition, mathematician, mechanician, micturition, obstetrician, on commission, opposition, Ordovician, parturition, politician, precognition, precondition, premonition, preposition, proposition, recognition, recondition, repetition, requisition, rescue mission, rhetorician, self-ignition, statistician, submunition, superstition, supposition, text edition, trade edition, transposition
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