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noun (n)

• freedom from political subjugation or servitude(noun.state)

  source: wordnet30
• a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  franchise
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  certification
  Antonym:
  disenfranchisement
  

  source: wordnet30
• Releasing from slavery or custody.(noun)

  source: webster1913