manumission

manumission

noun

Definition of MANUMISSION

the act of setting free from slavery <the official manumission of the slaves came after the Civil War>

Synonyms emancipation, enfranchisement, freeing, manumission

Related Words deliverance, redemption, salvation; autonomy, freedom, independence, independency, liberty, self-government, sovereignty (also sovranty)

Near Antonyms bondage, serfdom, servitude, thralldom (or thraldom), yoke; captivity, enchainment, imprisonment, incarceration, internment; conquest, subjugation

Antonyms enslavement