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| Main Entry: |
enfranchise
 [en-fran-chahyz] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set free |
| Synonyms: | citizenize, emancipate, empower, free, give rights to, grant citizenship to, liberate, manumit, naturalize, release |
| Antonyms: | enslave |
| Main Entry: | entitle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold right to |
| Synonyms: | accredit, allow, authorize, be in line for, confer a right, empower, enable, enfranchise, fit for, have coming, let, license, make eligible, permit, qualify for, rate, warrant |
| Main Entry: | free |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | liberate, let go |
| Synonyms: | absolve, acquit, bail, bail out, clear, cut loose, deliver, demobilize, discharge, disengage, disenthrall, disimprison, dismiss, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate, let loose, let off the hook, let off, let out, loose, loosen, manumit, pardon, parole, put on the street, ransom, redeem, release, relieve, reprieve, rescue, save, set free, spring*, turn loose, turn out, unbind, uncage, unchain, undo, unfetter, unfix, unleash, untie |
| Antonyms: | confine, enslave, hold, incarcerate, restrain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Example Sentences
- His strategy was to create public jobs for the unemployed, enfranchise labor and expand the minimum wage.
- The effort could enfranchise millions of people who have lived in this country for years without seeking citizenship.
| Main Entry: | vote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decide on representation |
| Synonyms: | ballot, cast ballot, cast vote, choose, confer, declare, determine, effect, elect, enact, enfranchise, establish, go to the polls, grant, judge, opt, pronounce, propose, put in office, recommend, return, second, suggest |
| Antonyms: | abstain |
| Main Entry: | manumit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | free |
| Synonyms: | absolve, acquit, bail, bail out, clear, cut loose, deliver, demobilize, discharge, disengage, disenthrall, disimprison, dismiss, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate, let loose, let off the hook, let off, let out, liberate, loose, loosen, pardon, parole, put on the street, ransom, redeem, release, relieve, reprieve, rescue, save, set free, spring*, turn loose, turn out, unbind, uncage, unchain, undo, unfetter, unfix, unleash, untie |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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