noun
Meaning 1
The act of enfranchising
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
enfranchisement
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noun
Meaning 2
A release from slavery
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The investiture with any of several municipal privileges
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
the conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold estate
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: England, Wales, countable, historical, uncountable
Qualifier: land legal
Examples
- enfranchisement of copyhold
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noun
Meaning 5
the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: certification
Antonyms: disenfranchisement
Broader terms: authorization, authorisation, empowerment
Narrower terms: accreditation
noun
Meaning 6
a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: franchise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: legal right
Narrower terms: right to vote, vote, suffrage
noun
Meaning 7
freedom from political subjugation or servitude
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: freedom
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English enfranchise Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English enfranchisement From enfranchise + -ment.
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