man·u·mit (m?n?y?-m?t?)tr.v. man·u·mit·ted, man·u·mit·ting, man·u·mits To free from slavery or bondage; emancipate.[Middle English manumitten, from Old French manumitter, from Latin man?mittere : man?, ablative of manus, hand; see man- in Indo-European roots + mittere, to send from.]man?u·mis?sion (-m?sh??n) n.man?u·mit?ter n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.manumission (?mænj??m???n) nthe act of freeing or the state of being freed from slavery, servitude, etcCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014manumissionthe act of setting free or being set free from slavery; emancipation.See also: Freedom-Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.