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n. - The act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on; A statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote); Freedom from political subjugation or servitude.

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  • Thus redistribution without enfranchisement is not a credible alternative and does little to alleviate the threat of revolution.
  • Moreover, as woman is the most important factor in the marriage relation, her enfranchisement is the primal step in deciding the basis of family life.
  • Their exactions at last became unendurable, and a long struggle broke out between them and the burghers, which resulted in what is known as the enfranchisement of the towns.
  • "Moreover, as woman is the most important factor in the marriage relation, her enfranchisement is the primal step in deciding the basis of family life.
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