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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of enfranchising countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on wordnet
3. 3
   A release from slavery countable, uncountable
4. 4
   a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) wordnet
5. 5
   The investiture with any of several municipal privileges countable, uncountable

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6. 6
   freedom from political subjugation or servitude wordnet
7. 7
   the conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold estate England, Wales, countable, historical, uncountable

   "enfranchisement of copyhold"

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authorityauthorizationayeballotcanvasscertification

Antonyms

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disenfranchisement

Etymology

From enfranchise + -ment.

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