Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Release from burden or restriction; enfranchisement.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Release; deliverance; freedom.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
release ;deliverance ;freedom
Etymologies
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Examples
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We, as movie lovers, must oppose franchisement and exploitation of good base material in every way possible and that includes you Mr. Billington.
Universal Has Wanted Sequel Already in Development! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Now that she is perceived to have gambled her constituents franchisement and lost, she will suffer for it in the polls (if she dares to run again, that is).
Granholm: "I'm Deeply Disappointed" Michigan Revote Is Dead 2009
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What if, say, rows of dots indicated franchisement, underscores indicated automation, gradients indicated state of management ...?
Ye Olde Graphic Designer Jonathan 2006
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What if, say, rows of dots indicated franchisement, underscores indicated automation, gradients indicated state of management ...?
Archive 2006-04-01 Jonathan 2006
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Regardless of who uses motor voter to register, the law is, by definition, an EN-franchisement law, while the Republican party's behavior is clearly intended to DIS-enfranchise low income and minority voters.
"Fooled Again" Series: Exclusive Interview with "Diebold Whistleblower" Steve Heller 2007
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The struggle by the Polish people to preserve their dignity and franchisement played a great role in sparking the change which today has gained such momentum. . .
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Encore quil est contre son jurement de pardonner aucan prisonnier; neant-moins, pour les escus que vous lavez promis, il est content de vous donner la liberté, le franchisement.
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Page 144 franchisement by office seekers and profligates, who ever take advantage of the ignorant by the use of money, whisky and other things as bribes, and have thereby caused men to cast votes for nominees and thus insured the election of many who otherwise would have been defeated by men more worthy of the position than they.
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Then again many have been cheated out of a free exercise of their franchisement by wicked men who seek to scare and drive men into subjection by the use of weapons of war.
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Encore qu'il est contre son jurement de pardonner aucun prisonnier, neanmoins, pour les ecus que vous l'avez promis, il est content de vous donner la liberte, le franchisement.
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