Synonyms of enfranchisement

enfranchisement

noun

1

as in emancipation

the act of setting free from slavery

the Emancipation Proclamation was merely the first step in the full enfranchisement of African-Americans

Synonyms & Similar Words

• emancipation
• liberation
• manumission
• freeing
• freedom
• salvation
• redemption
• deliverance
• independence
• liberty
• autonomy
• sovereignty
• independency
• self-government

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• enslavement
• servitude
• yoke
• bondage
• imprisonment
• serfdom
• conquest
• incarceration
• captivity
• subjugation
• internment
• thralldom
• enchainment

2

as in suffrage

the right to formally express one's position or will in an election

a time when enfranchisement was limited to white males who owned property

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suffrage
• franchise
• vote
• ballot
• voice
• say
• say-so

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disenfranchisement

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of enfranchisement

And in the young republic, enfranchisement quickly expanded further, with perhaps 80 percent of adult white men—90 percent in some states—coming to hold the right to vote. — Yoni Appelbaum, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026

Many claim that with the abolition of slavery and the enfranchisement of women, and many other new laws like civil rights legislation and changing gender norms, there has been great progress. — Literary Hub, 12 Dec. 2025

In theory, this transition inaugurates a chapter of enfranchisement, but in the next scene the Senegalese businessmen are in suits, and the white men return with briefcases full of money as bribes. — Lovia Gyarkye, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2025