enfranchise

Definition of "enfranchise"
  1. The act of granting freedom from obligations, providing citizenship rights like voting, or giving political privileges to a municipality
How to use "enfranchise" in a sentence
  1. After years of struggle, women were finally enfranchised in 1920.
  2. Through the Emancipation Proclamation, enslaved people were enfranchised.
  3. The small town was enfranchised when it received political rights.
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