enfranchisement

Meanings

Plural: enfranchisements

Noun

• 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)
• the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on
• The act of enfranchising
• A release from slavery
• The investiture with any of several municipal privileges
• the conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold estate

Synonyms

certification, franchise

Antonyms

disenfranchisement