Thesaurus: enfranchisement

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1. n. Releasing from slavery or custody.
2. n. Admission to the freedom of a corporation or body politic; investiture with the privileges of free citizens.
3. n. freedom from political subjugation or servitude
4. n. a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)
5. n. the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on
6. 1. Releasing from slavery or custody. Shak. 2. Admission to the freedom of a corporation or body politic; investiture with the privileges of free citizens. Enfranchisement of copyhold (Eng. Law), the conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold. Mozley & W.
7. n:100 n. freedom from political subjugation or servitude