🗳️enfranchise

verb
/ɛnˈfrænˌtʃaɪz/

Meaning

To grant the right to vote or other rights of citizenship.

Example Sentences

The new law enfranchised thousands of people.

Synonyms

empower, emancipate, liberate, grant rights

Antonyms

disenfranchise, oppress, deprive

Collocations

enfranchise women, enfranchise citizens, newly enfranchised

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