enfranchise

• Verbo que significa conceder a alguém o direito de voto em eleições ou outorgar-lhe direitos e privilégios de cidadão, especialmente a liberdade política.

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.

   Conceder direitos de voto

   • 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.

   Sinônimosfranchise

   Antônimosdisenfranchise

2. Liberate or set freeC2formal

   To free someone from a state of servitude or oppression.

   Libertar

   • 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.

   Sinônimosdeliveremancipatefreeliberatemanumitreleaseset free

   Antônimosenslaveenthralloppresssubjugate