enfranchised 1 of 2

adjective

as in empowered

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enfranchised

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verb

past tense of enfranchise
as in freed
to set free (as from slavery or confinement) in a way, modern labor-saving appliances enfranchised people, giving them much more leisure time

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enfranchised
  1. empowered
  2. freed
  3. democratic
  4. liberated
  5. released
  6. emancipated
  7. rescued
Adjective
  • Online, fans and critics alike left indignant comments on Becky’s social media — dressing her down for presenting as an empowered woman, while welcoming back a penitent Lletget.
    — Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The mag ran endorsements for both Shirley Chisholm and a re-empowered Wonder Woman.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of empowered
Verb
  • Woman freed without charges after allegedly plowing into kids' game and killing 2 people.
    — , FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Walker wasn’t surprised to see Mahomes provide a block that freed his path to the end zone.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of freed
Adjective
  • The findings come three decades after the democratic government introduced a raft of measures — known as Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) — aimed at reversing the dispossession suffered by Black people under apartheid and colonialism.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • For decades, the United States favored an international order that forbade wars of conquest, upheld freedom of the seas, maintained a generally open global economy, and allowed populations to exercise democratic rights, even if autocracies remained.
    — Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of democratic
Verb
  • Ukraine has liberated 107 square miles in the operation that started in the summer, Ukraine's Third Army Corps commander Brig.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Sivan’s previous record, Something to Give Each Other, was a breakthrough that liberated him from the YA preciousness of his early career.
    — Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of liberated
Verb
  • When released under conditions of acute stress, glucocorticoids power fight or flight by shunting metabolic energy away from processes such as digestion and toward the heart, lungs, brain and muscles.
    — Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • In Registan Square on Monday, Rubio’s Uzbek hosts released hundreds of pigeons into the sky and filled the vast space with local pop music.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of released
Verb
  • Winter was legally emancipated and declared an adult at age 17 in 2015.
    — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In 1775, his first enslaver sold him to the commander of Framingham's Minute Men, who emancipated him, and Salem went on to fight at Lexington and Concord.
    — Catherine Messier, The Providence Journal, 4 July 2026
Definition of emancipated
Verb
  • Three people were rescued from high waters rushing through the Pacoima Wash on Thursday morning in the San Fernando Valley as the Los Angeles area continues to experience bands of heavy rain and flooding.
    — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • At the Northwestern campus Saturday, volunteers rescued over 40 live, injured birds, including 35 by the Kellogg School of Management Global Hub, said Allison Sloan, a volunteer with Bird-Friendly Evanston.
    — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of rescued
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