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enfranchise
enfranchise
verb
Definition of ENFRANCHISE
to set free (as from slavery or confinement) <in a way, modern labor-saving appliances enfranchised people, giving them much more leisure time>
Synonyms discharge, disenthrall (also disenthral), emancipate, enfranchise, enlarge, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, release, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter
Related Words bail (out), deliver, parole, ransom, redeem, rescue, save; adrift, disembarrass, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, extricate; unshackle
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