affranchisementn.
/əˈfran(t)ʃᵻzm(ə)nt/, U.S. /əˈfrænˌtʃaɪzm(ə)nt/ The action or practice of setting free a person or group of people; liberation, emancipation. Also: the fact or state of having been set free; freedom.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [noun]
liberation?a1475
remission?a1475
freeing1492
redeliverya1513
solutiona1513
enfranchising1528
assertion1552
franchising1552
franchisement1562
affranchisement1608
enfranchisementa1616
1608 R. Cecil Let. 31 Dec. in E. Sawyer Memorials Affairs of State (1725) II. 470 The Motion which some of the States have made, for an Act to be signed by you about their perpetuall Affranchisement.
1675 G. R. tr. A. Le Grand Man without Passion 111 If the Law of the place admit no Affranchizement, they may remove into another.
1740 tr. Le Fèvre de Morsan Manners & Customs Romans iv. iv. 356 This affranchisement was executed by the Prætor, by laying a knotty staff like that of crab-tree upon their heads.
1799 Ann. Reg. 1792 81/1 The decree for the affranchisement of the mulattoes.
1829 London Mag. Apr. 400 The affranchisement of the peasantry.
1887 Harper's Mag. Mar. 581/1 Affranchisement, independence, freedom, secured for others, had anew their echo in the hearts of the Russian people.
1915 J. M. Macdonald Hist. France viii. 117 The affranchisement of the remaining serfs was facilitated.
1993 H. Druxes Feminization Dr. Faustus Introd. 19 To fight for the political and sexual affranchisement of men and women alike.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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