Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Enfranchisement \En*fran"chise*ment\, n.
   1. Releasing from slavery or custody. --Shak.

   2. Admission to the freedom of a corporation or body politic;
      investiture with the privileges of free citizens.

   {Enfranchisement of copyhold} (Eng. Law), the conversion of a
      copyhold estate into a freehold. --Mozley & W.

Source : WordNet®

enfranchisement
     n 1: freedom from political subjugation or servitude
     2: a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group
        by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and
        the right to vote) [syn: {franchise}]
     3: the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on [syn: {certification}]
        [ant: {disenfranchisement}]