— affranchisement , n.
/euh fran"chuyz/ , v.t., affranchised, affranchising .
to free from a state of dependence, servitude, or obligation.
[ 1450-1500; late ME afranchiss-, long s. of afranchir, v. deriv., with a- A- 5 , of franc free; see FRANK 1 ]