Associations to the word «Manumission»

Wiktionary

MANUMISSION, noun. Release from slavery or other legally sanctioned servitude; the giving of freedom; the act of manumitting.

Dictionary definition

MANUMISSION, noun. The formal act of freeing from slavery; "he believed in the manumission of the slaves".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca