This note was posted on Saturday, May 13th, 2006 (5 and a half years ago).
So,
the word for the moment is MANUMIT:
man·u·mit (măn’yə-mĭt’)  tr.v., -mit·ted, -mit·ting, -mits. To free from slavery or bondage; emancipate.
Like how the Jews were manumitted from slavery in Egypt.
cheers
