Associations to the word «Enfranchisement»

Wiktionary

ENFRANCHISEMENT, noun. The act of enfranchising
ENFRANCHISEMENT, noun. The release from slavery
ENFRANCHISEMENT, noun. The investiture with any of several municipal privileges
ENFRANCHISEMENT, noun. (UK) (legal) conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold

Dictionary definition

ENFRANCHISEMENT, noun. Freedom from political subjugation or servitude.
ENFRANCHISEMENT, 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).
ENFRANCHISEMENT, noun. The act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats