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manumise

PRONUNCIATION:
(MAN-yuh-myz)

MEANING:
verb tr.: To free from slavery, servitude, or restraint.

ETYMOLOGY:
Back-formation from manumission, from Latin manus (hand) + mittere (to let go). Earliest documented use: 1523. A synonym is manumit.

USAGE:
“[M]anumise, enfranchise, and from every tie of slavery or servitude set free.”
Garfield Ellis; The Angels’ Share; Akashic Books; 2016.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Although the connections are not always obvious, personal change is inseparable from social and political change. -Harriet Lerner, psychologist (b. 30 Nov 1944)

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