Definition of "affranchise" []

• To free from obligation or service. (verb)

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• "Dare, then, to affranchise thyself from the trammels of superstition, my self-conceited, pragmatic rival, who mistakes my rights; renounce those empty theories, which are usurpers of my privileges; return under the dominion of my laws, which, however severe, are mild in comparison with those of bigotry."
• "Find the objects no longer needed, release the memory the objects occupied, and affranchise memory occupied by unmanaged resources."
• "n. - divine breath; inspiration. afflation, n. act of breathing upon; inspiration. affranchise v. - liberate from servitude, debt etc."