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1. Freedom from political subjugation or servitude
    
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)
   - franchise
    
3. The act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on
   - certification

Derived forms: enfranchisements

See also: enfranchise

Type of: authorisation [Brit], authorization, empowerment, freedom, legal right

Antonym: disenfranchisement

Encyclopedia: Enfranchisement