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Pronunciation: [mˌansɪpˈe͡ɪʃən] (IPA)

"Mancipation" is a relatively obscure word that refers to the act of freeing or liberating a person from slavery or servitude. There are a number of synonyms for mancipation that can be used to convey a similar meaning, including emancipation, liberation, release, and enfranchisement. Emancipation is perhaps the most commonly used synonym for mancipation and refers to the legal act of granting someone their freedom. Liberation is another term that can be used to describe the act of freeing someone from bondage or oppression. Release is a more general term that can be used to describe the act of freeing someone from any kind of confinement, whether physical or emotional. Finally, enfranchisement refers specifically to the granting of political or civil rights to a group of people who were previously excluded from them.
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More recently a third kind was introduced, called the will by bronze and balance, because it was made by Mancipation, which was a sort of fictitious sale, in the presence of five witnesses and a balance holder, all Roman citizens above the age of puberty, together with the person who was called the purchaser of the family.
"The Institutes of Justinian"
Caesar Flavius Justinian

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