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enfranchise

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of enfranchise

discharge, disenthrall (also disenthral), emancipate, enlarge, free, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, release, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter

Words Related to enfranchise

bail (out), deliver, parole, ransom, redeem, rescue, save

adrift, disembarrass, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, extricate

Phrases Synonymous with enfranchise

turn loose

Near Antonyms of enfranchise

handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammel

commit, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, lock (up)

conquer, enslave, subdue, subjugate

Antonyms of enfranchise

bind, confine, enchain, fetter, restrain

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