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Enfranchisement

noun

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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  1. 6
    freedom from political subjugation or servitude wordnet
  2. 7
    the conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold estate England, Wales, countable, historical, uncountable

    "enfranchisement of copyhold"

Etymology

From enfranchise + -ment.

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