enfranchisement : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: enfranchisement	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enfranchisement n freedom from political subjugation or servitude a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) Synonym(s): franchise, enfranchisement the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on Synonym(s): certification, enfranchisement Antonym(s): disenfranchisement
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Enfranchisement \Enfran"chisement\, n. 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.