enfranchise

• Verbe signifiant accorder à quelqu'un le droit de vote lors d'élections ou lui conférer les droits et privilèges d'un citoyen, en particulier la liberté politique.

A verb meaning to give someone the right to vote in elections or to grant them the rights and privileges of a citizen, especially political freedom.

1. Grant voting rightsC1formal

   To give a person or group the right to vote in elections.

   accorder le droit de vote

   • The 19th Amendment enfranchised women in the United States.
   • Many countries have gradually enfranchised all adult citizens.
   • The new law enfranchised thousands of previously disqualified voters.

   Synonymesfranchise

   Antonymesdisenfranchise

2. Liberate or set freeC2formal

   To free someone from a state of servitude or oppression.

   Affranchir, libérer

   • The movement sought to enfranchise the enslaved population.
   • The reforms enfranchised the serfs from their feudal obligations.
   • He dedicated his life to enfranchising the oppressed.

   Synonymesdeliveremancipatefreeliberatemanumitreleaseset free

   Antonymesenslaveenthralloppresssubjugate