enfranchisement Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun freedom from political subjugation or servitude
  2. noun a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)
    franchise.
  3. noun the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on
    certification.

WordNet


En*fran"chise*ment noun
Definitions
  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. Mozley & W.

Webster 1913