enfranchisement
enfranchisement Lexical Profile
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• noun
The act of granting a person or group of people the right to vote or full political privileges of citizenship, or the state of having such rights.
"The ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment marked a historic milestone in the political enfranchisement of women in the United States."
The act of liberating someone from slavery, servitude, or political subjugation.
"Historical records from the period document the gradual enfranchisement of formerly enslaved laborers across the territory."
British In property law, the legal process by which a leaseholder acquires the freehold of a property or extends an existing lease from the landlord.
"The residents formed a legal association to pursue collective enfranchisement of their apartment building."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the early 16th century from the verb 'enfranchise' plus the suffix '-ment'. 'Enfranchise' derives from Old French 'enfranchir' (to set free or grant privileges to), ultimately rooted in 'franc' meaning 'free' (from the name of the Franks, who held full citizen status in early medieval Gaul).