Definition of "enfranchisement" []

• The act of enfranchising (noun)
• The release from slavery (noun)
• The investiture with any of several municipal privileges (noun)

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• "Thus redistribution without enfranchisement is not a credible alternative and does little to alleviate the threat of revolution."
• "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."
• "Christians; for such enfranchisement is doubtless a benefit so far as it may be compatible with truth and piety."