manumit in a sentence
v. t.
📚 Grade Level: Grade 11, Grade 12
Definition
Manumit: to free from slavery or servitude, typically by legal means.
Crossword clues for manumit
Crossword clue ideas and answer hints for the word "manumit".
- Free someone from bondage legally.
- Set a slave free through legal action.
- Release a person from servitude formally.
- Liberate an individual from forced labor.
- Emancipate a servant through law.
Manumit sentence examples
- The wealthy landowner decided to manumit his slaves in an act of compassion.
- In ancient Rome, it was common for a master to manumit a loyal servant after many years of service.
- The abolitionist movement sought to manumit enslaved people and promote their rights.
- After a long legal battle, the court ruled that the former slave had been manumitted and was free.
- She felt a deep sense of responsibility to manumit those who had suffered under oppression.