1. to free (a slave) from bondage; to grant freedom to an enslaved person
Usage: formal, historical; third-person singular present tense of 'manumit'

Examples

• The will manumits all enslaved people held by the estate.
• In some colonies, a master could choose to manumits a slave through a legal document.
• The law manumits any person who reaches the age of majority while in servitude.
• He manumits his servants in recognition of their decades of faithful service.
• The statute manumits children born to enslaved mothers after a certain date.