SERVITUDE
NOUNS
► MANCIPATION involuntary servitude; act of enslaving; slavery → 1577
► MANUMISSION formal release from servitude or slavery; an or instance of this → 1432-50 obs. exc. Hist.
► VASSALAGE servitude, subjection, subordination; service → 1595
► VASSALRY servitude, subjection, subordination; service → 1594
NOUNS – PERSON
► SHORT TIMER a person whose period of servitude is growing short → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
► MANUMISE to release from servitude; to release from slavery; to set free → 1523 obs.
► MANUMISS to release from servitude; to release from slavery; to set free → 1523 obs.
► MANUMIT to release from servitude; to release from slavery; to set free → 1432-50