v. Function: verb
to admit to full political rights as a freeman or citizen FF1C; slaves were emancipated in 1863 but were not enfranchised until the Fifteenth Amendment went into effect in 1870 FF1E;
Synonyms: affranchise, franchise
Related Words: emancipate, free, liberate, release; deliver, extricate, rescue
Contrasted Words: enslave, oppress, subject
Antonyms: disenfranchise, disfranchise