franchise
franchise
nounDefinition of FRANCHISE
the right to formally express one's position or will in an election <the Territory of Wyoming granted women the franchise in 1869, a full 51 years before the 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote in all elections>
Antonyms disenfranchisement
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