1. past tense and past participle of manumit; freed from slavery or servitude by a legal act
Usage: historical; formal

Examples

• The plantation owner manumitted several enslaved people in his will.
• After years of service, the enslaved man was finally manumitted and granted his freedom.
• Many enslaved individuals were manumitted during the late 18th century.
• She manumitted her household servants as an act of conscience.
• The legal documents proved that he had been manumitted decades earlier.