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PRONUNCIATION OF MANUMISSION

manumission  [ˌmænjʊˈmɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MANUMISSION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Manumission is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MANUMISSION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

manumission

Manumission

Manumission is the act of a slave owner freeing his or her slaves. Different approaches developed, each specific to the time and place of a society's slave system. The motivations of slave owners in manumitting slaves were complex and varied. Firstly, manumission may present itself as a sentimental and benevolent gesture. One typical scenario was the freeing in the master's will of a devoted servant after long years of service. This kind of manumission generally was restricted to slaves who had some degree of intimacy with their masters, such as those serving as personal attendants, household servants, secretaries and the like. In some cases, master and slave had had a long-term sexual relationship. Owners sometimes freed the woman and children born of such relationships. While a trusted bailiff might be manumitted as a gesture of gratitude, for those working as agricultural labourers or in workshops, there was little likelihood of being so noticed. Such feelings of benevolence may have been of value to slave owners themselves as it allowed them to focus on a 'humane component' in the human traffic of slavery.

Definition of manumission in the English dictionary

The definition of manumission in the dictionary is the act of freeing or the state of being freed from slavery, servitude, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MANUMISSION


academician
əˌkædəˈmɪʃən
admission
ədˈmɪʃən
commission
kəˈmɪʃən
decommission
ˌdiːkəˈmɪʃən
demission
dɪˈmɪʃən
dormition
dɔːˈmɪʃən
emission
ɪˈmɪʃən
expromission
ˌeksprəʊˈmɪʃən
intermission
ˌɪntəˈmɪʃən
mission
ˈmɪʃən
omission
əʊˈmɪʃən
permission
pəˈmɪʃən
photoemission
ˌfəʊtəʊɪˈmɪʃən
readmission
ˌriːədˈmɪʃən
remission
rɪˈmɪʃən
resubmission
ˌriːsəbˈmɪʃən
retransmission
ˌriːtrænzˈmɪʃən
subcommission
ˈsʌbkəˌmɪʃən
submission
səbˈmɪʃən
transmission
trænzˈmɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MANUMISSION

manufacturing industry
manufacturing plant
manufacturing process
manuhiri
manuka
manuka honey
Manukau
Manukau Harbour
manul
manumea
manumit
manumitted
manumitter
manumitting
manurance
manure
manure heap
manurer
manurial
manus

WORDS THAT END LIKE MANUMISSION

accession
compassion
compression
confession
conversion
depression
discussion
expression
impression
obsession
passion
percussion
possession
pression
profession
progression
recession
regression
session
succession
suppression

Synonyms and antonyms of manumission in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MANUMISSION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «manumission» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of manumission

Translation of «manumission» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MANUMISSION

Find out the translation of manumission to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of manumission from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «manumission» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

manumission
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

manumisión
570 millions of speakers

English

manumission
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

manumission
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العتق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вольная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alforria
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্রীতদাসত্বমোচন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

manumission
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Manumission
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Freilassung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

manumission
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

노예 해방
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Manumission
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự giải phóng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

manumission
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मॅन्युमिशन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

azat etme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

manomissione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

uwłaszczenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вільна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Manumission
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Η απαλλοτρίωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vrystelling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

frigivning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Manumission
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of manumission

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MANUMISSION»

The term «manumission» is regularly used and occupies the 106.812 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MANUMISSION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about manumission

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MANUMISSION»

Discover the use of manumission in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to manumission and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Paths to Freedom: Manumission in the Atlantic World
In this landmark volume, an international group of scholars consider the history and implications of manumission from the medieval period to the late nineteenth century as the phenomenon manifested itself in the Old World and the New.
Rosemary Brana-Shute, Randy J. Sparks, 2009
2
Becoming Free, Remaining Free: Manumission and Enslavement ...
This volume uncovers the details of these fascinating cases.
Judith Kelleher Schafer, 2003
3
Fortune's bones: the manumission requiem
Presents a collection of poems written to honor the life of Fortune, a slave in eighteenth-century Connecticut whose body was donated to science upon his death.
Marilyn Nelson, 2004
4
The Jewish Manumission Inscriptions of the Bosporus Kingdom:
E. Leigh Gibson analyses a little-known group of Greek inscriptions that record the manumission of slaves in synagogues located on the hellenized north shore of the Black Sea in the first three centuries of the common era.
Elizabeth Leigh Gibson, 1999
5
The Price of Freedom: Slavery and Manumission in Baltimore ...
This work carefully examines how urban slavery became an important step in the path from bonded to free labour.
T. Stephen Whitman, 1999
6
Not Wholly Free: The Concept of Manumission and the Status ...
Based on a thorough investigation of the literary and epigraphic sources, this comprehensive study presents Greek manumission as a form of social relations, rooted in concepts of freedom and dependence and reflected by the terminology and ...
Rachel Zelnick-Abramovitz, 2005
7
Slavery and Social Death: A Comparative Study
72 It is noteworthy that in Greece collusive litigation was the most common mode of manumission except for Delphi. It was, for example, the typical mode in Athens. In Rome it ranked second only to testamentary manumission.73 SACRAL ...
Orlando Patterson, 1982
8
Roadblocks to Freedom: Slavery and Manumission in the United ...
This new book by Andrew Fede considers the law of freedom suits and manumission from the point-of-view of legal procedure, evidence rules, damage awards, and trial practicein addition to the abstract principles stated in the appellate ...
Andrew Fede, 2012
9
The Laws of the British Colonies, in the West Indies and ...
Before a manumission by private contract, owner to notify same to protector of slaves, who must ascertain owner's right so to do, and prepare the manumission ; which to be executed in the presence of himself or his appointee, and enrolled in  ...
John Henry Howard, 1827
10
The Manumission of Ezra McIntosh
The Manumission of Ezra McIntosh is a historical novel depicting the evolution of the relationship of a Missouri slave (who would have his freedom) and his indulgent master (who would hold him to his services) Author Bio: James Herd is a ...
James Herd, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MANUMISSION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term manumission is used in the context of the following news items.
1
BBC Radio 1 Confirms Final Ibiza Line-up
Radio 1's first broadcast from Ibiza was in July 1995 - an Essential Mix by Nicky Holloway at Manumission at Ku (now Privilege). This was ... «News On News, Jul 15»
2
Group helps in search for African American ancestry
Lawson was also able to access Census information and tax records as well as bonds for manumission to aid in his search. The genealogy ... «Red Bank Hub, Jul 15»
3
Full line-up for BBC Radio 1's Ibiza 20
Radio 1's first broadcast from Ibiza was in July 1995 – an Essential Mix by Nicky Holloway at Manumission at Ku (now Privilege). This was ... «RadioWise UK, Jul 15»
4
The history of British slave ownership has been buried: now its scale …
In effect, the enslaved paid part of the bill for their own manumission. The records of the Slave Compensation Commission are an unintended ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
BBC Radio 1 Confirms Ibiza 20 Line-up
Radio 1's first broadcast from Ibiza was in July 1995 - an Essential Mix by Nicky Holloway at Manumission at Ku (now Privilege). This was ... «News On News, Jul 15»
6
Alexander Hamilton shot by Aaron Burr
Opposed to slavery, Hamilton and John Jay founded the New York Manumission Society which successfully helped pass legislation to end ... «The Moral Liberal, Jul 15»
7
Divine rights cannot be erased by mortal power
Opposed to slavery, Hamilton and John Jay founded the New York Manumission Society which successfully helped pass legislation to end ... «WND.com, Jul 15»
8
Alexander the Great
Hamilton, by contrast, was a lifelong opponent of slavery, an early member of the New York Manumission Society. Page 1 of 2. « Last Page. «The Weekly Standard, Jul 15»
9
Hamilton should hold place on US currency
While never president of the United States, Hamilton was the president of the New York chapter of the Manumission Society, an organization ... «Kankakee Daily Journal, Jul 15»
10
The Uses and Misuses of History: On Jefferson Davis, Thomas More …
Granted, Washington did provide for the manumission of his slaves in his will, but Jefferson freed only some of his slaves, and Madison none. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

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