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   manumit

   /ˌmanjʊˈmɪt/

   verb

   • 1. release from slavery; set free: historical "old Angus had never manumitted a single slave"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin manumittere, literally ‘send forth from the hand’, from manus ‘hand’ + mittere ‘send’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. manumitter noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • M

     3

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • U

     1

   • M

     3

   • I

     1

   • T

     1

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