manumitted 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of manumittednext
as in emancipated

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manumitted

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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. freed
  2. liberated
  3. released
  4. rescued
  5. freeborn
Verb
  • The hostages were freed January 21, 1981, moments after Reagan’s inauguration.
    Arthur House, Hartford Courant, 30 Dec. 2024
  • What critics miss is the decades of effort by Bezos to create a network This freed him from the need to tell people what to do.
    Steve Denning, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of freed
Adjective
  • And now that legions of fans have gotten to see the film, Grande and Erivo are feeling liberated, ready to answer the remaining burning questions about the production.
    Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The wounds from discovering torture chambers and mass graves of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians in the liberated territories were still fresh.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of liberated
Verb
  • The individual, whose identity hasn’t been released, was quickly restrained by fellow passengers and later detained by state troopers.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
  • He was released from prison in October 2019.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of released
Verb
  • In November 2022, a 28-year-old man who fell overboard from a Carnival Valor cruise ship was rescued off of Louisiana's southeast coast after treading water for nearly 20 hours.
    Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Four family members were later rescued as authorities continued recovery efforts.
    Dale Denwalt, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of rescued
Adjective
  • The site will also showcase regional heroes of the Underground Railroad, including the work of Smith, a freeborn woman with African American heritage who spent 21 years of her life as Stevens’ house manager and confidante (and, some speculate, his common-law wife).
    Tracy Schorn, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Some thralls were born into slavery because both of their parents were enslaved, or a freeborn man who had impregnated their enslaved mother declined to acknowledge the child.
    Neil Price, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Aug. 2020
Definition of freeborn
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