1. present participle of manumit; the act of freeing a slave or enslaved person, especially by a legal process or formal declaration
Usage: formal; historical

Examples

• The plantation owner was manumitting several enslaved workers in his will.
• Manumitting slaves became more common in northern states during the late 18th century.
• The legal process of manumitting a person required formal documentation.
• Many abolitionists advocated for manumitting all enslaved people immediately.
• He spent his final years manumitting the people he had previously held in bondage.