enfranchisement

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English

Etymology

From enfranchise +‎ -ment.

Noun

enfranchisement (countable and uncountable, plural enfranchisements)

  1. The act of enfranchising
  2. A release from slavery
  3. The investiture with any of several municipal privileges
  4. (land legal, England and Wales, historical) the conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold estate
    enfranchisement of copyhold