Man's yet to be freed, getting pardon (7)
I believe the answer is:
amnesty
'pardon' is the definition.
(amnestying is a kind of pardoning)
'man's yet to be freed' is the wordplay.
'to be freed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'mans'+'yet'='mansyet'
'mansyet' anagrammed gives 'AMNESTY'.
'getting' is the link.
(Other definitions for amnesty that I've seen before include "Dispensation" , "A general pardon as for rebels (7)" , "Official pardon for political offences" , "A general political pardon, perhaps for tax defaulters" , "A general pardon for nasty me" .)