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enfranchisement

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  1. 1. n. Releasing from slavery or custody. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Admission to the freedom of a corporation or body politic; investiture with the privileges of free citizens. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. freedom from political subjugation or servitude Source: wordnet
  4. 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) Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on Source: wordnet
  6. 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. Source: webster
  7. 7. n:100 n. freedom from political subjugation or servitude Source: ecdict

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