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manumissions

manumissions is the plural of manumission.

Meaning of manumission

Noun

manumission (countable and uncountable, plural manumissions)

  1. (historical, uncountable) Release from slavery or other legally sanctioned servitude; the giving of freedom; (countable) an instance of this; an act of manumitting.
    • The manumission of the slaves in New York has been gradual.1823, [James Fenimore Cooper], chapter IV, in The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna; […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: Charles Wiley; […], →OCLC

Questions about manumissions

What is manumissions the plural of?
Manumissions is the plural of manumission.

Words near manumissions in the dictionary

  1. manumise
  2. manumised
  3. manumises
  4. manumising
  5. manumission
  6. manumissions
  7. manumissive
  8. manumissives
  9. manumit
  10. manumits
  11. manumitted

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