verb
- past tense and past participle of affranchise; to free from slavery, servitude, or legal disability; to grant freedom or rights to.
Usage: formal or historical; often used in legal or historical contexts
Examples
- The decree affranchised thousands of enslaved people throughout the territory.
- After the revolution, many formerly oppressed groups were affranchised and granted voting rights.
- The law affranchised serfs who had been bound to the land for generations.
- She was affranchised from her legal restrictions and could now own property.
- The newly affranchised citizens participated in the first democratic election.