enfranchisement
1. freedom from political subjugation or servitude • Derivationally related forms: enfranchise • Hypernyms: freedom 2. a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) • Syn: franchise • Derivationally related forms: enfranchise • Topics: law, jurisprudence • Hypernyms: legal right • Hyponyms: right to vote, vote, suffrage 3. the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on • Syn: certification • Ant: disenfranchisement • Derivationally related forms: certify (for: certification) • Hypernyms: authorization, authorisation, empowerment • Hyponyms: accreditation
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