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adjective

as in emancipated

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verb

past tense of manumit
as in freed
to set free (as from slavery or confinement) though he was an outspoken defender of liberty, this son of Virginia did not manumit his own slaves until he was on his deathbed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manumitted
  1. liberated
  2. freed
  3. freeborn
  4. released
  5. rescued
  6. emancipated
Adjective
  • The liberated bundle then touches down somewhere else in the genome, where native DNA repair processes paste it in.
    — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Instead, Curry connected with fans like me because, as a performer, the man seemed able to do anything, and do it with a kind of liberated abandon and eagerness to entertain.
    — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of liberated
Verb
  • Pakistani security forces killed five militants in an intense shootout and freed 23 hostages in the country’s restive southwest, the military said Sunday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Removing operational pressures freed the district to focus on reaching more children.
    — Tim Grailer, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of freed
Adjective
  • Robert—a man born in Africa, enslaved in America, and now a free farmer—and his freeborn African-American herbalist wife, Mary, had worked diligently to ensure this security for themselves and their children.
    — Janet Barber, Scientific American, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Phalanx warfare was so common in ancient Greece that most freeborn males took part in it many times.
    — James Romm, The New York Review of Books, 23 Sep. 2021
Definition of freeborn
Verb
  • Viz Media and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions (ShoPro) released the material.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Porsche is best known for its traditional sports cars like the 911, but the automaker has released several longroofs over the years, including, over the last decade, variants of the Panamera and Taycan.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of released
Verb
  • The crash triggered an emergency response near Morro Bay, where the pilot was rescued after ejecting from the aircraft.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Though now joining the collections of major museums, in the 1970s his artworks depicting the hardship and life of Indigenous Bolivians were rescued from the trash outside his former Manhattan studio, according to multiple accounts.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of rescued
Verb
  • Winter was legally emancipated and declared an adult at age 17 in 2015.
    — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In 1775, his first enslaver sold him to the commander of Framingham's Minute Men, who emancipated him, and Salem went on to fight at Lexington and Concord.
    — Catherine Messier, The Providence Journal, 4 July 2026
Definition of emancipated
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“Manumitted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manumitted. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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