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n. The act of enfranchising

n. The release from slavery

n. The investiture with any of several municipal privileges

n. Releasing from slavery or custody.

n. Admission to the freedom of a corporation or body politic; investiture with the privileges of free citizens.

n. The act of setting free; release from slavery or from custody; enlargement.

n. The admission of a person or persons to the freedom of a state or corporation; investiture with the privileges of free citizens; the incorporating of a person into any society or body politic; now, specifically, bestowment of the electoral franchise or the right of voting.

n. a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)

n. the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on

n. freedom from political subjugation or servitude

"It is scarcely too much to say that to her mind this question was second in importance to none, and though the word enfranchisement, as applied to woman, had not yet been uttered, the whole theory of it was in Sarah's heart, and she eagerly awaited the proper time and place to develop it."

freedom   

enfranchisement of copyhold lands   

manumission    emancipation    acquittance    deliverance    amelioration    betterment    disentanglement    expatriation    disfranchisement    enlightenment