disfranchisement Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the discontinuation of a franchise; especially the discontinuation of the right to vote

WordNet

Dis*fran"chise*ment noun
Definitions
  1. The act of disfranchising, or the state disfranchised; deprivation of privileges of citizenship or of chartered immunities.
    Sentenced first to dismission from the court, and then to disfranchisement and expulsion from the colony. Palfrey.

Webster 1913