franchise [fran-chahyz]
Main Entry:
franchise [fran-chahyz]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: authority, right
Synonyms: authorization, ballot, charter, exemption, freedom, immunity, patent, prerogative, privilege, suffrage, vote
Main Entry: boutique
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: shop
Synonyms: booth, concession, exclusive shop, franchise, gift store, specialty shop, store
Main Entry: carte blanche
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: complete authority
Synonyms: authority, blank check, franchise, free hand, free rein, freedom, full authority, full power, full power, grant, latitude, leeway, license, no holds barred, permission, power of attorney, prerogative, sanction, say, say-so, unconditional authority, unconditional right, unrestricted authority, warrant
Main Entry: charter
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: treaty, agreement
Synonyms: allotment, bond, code, concession, constitution, contract, conveyance, deed, document, endowment, franchise, grant, indenture, license, pact, patent, permit, prerogative, privilege, right, settlement
Main Entry: election
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: choosing; voting
Synonyms: alternative, appointment, ballot, balloting, choice, decision, determination, franchise, judgment, option, poll, polls, preference, primary, referendum, selection, ticket, vote-casting
Main Entry: freedom
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: political independence
Synonyms: abolition, abolitionism, autarchy, autonomy, citizenship, deliverance, delivery, democracy, discharge, disengagement, disimprisonment, emancipation, enfranchisement, exemption, extriction, franchise, home rule, immunity, impunity, liberation, liberty, manumission, parole, prerogative, privilege, probation, redemption, release, relief, representative government, rescue, salvage, salvation, self-determination, self-government, sovereignty
Antonyms: communism, government, subjection, subordination, suppression
Main Entry: immunity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: privilege, exemption
Synonyms: amnesty, charter, exoneration, franchise, freedom, impunity, indemnity, invulnerability, liberty, license, prerogative, protection, release, resistance, right
Notes: impunity is protection from punishment, just as immunity is protection from disease
Antonyms: defenselessness, responsibility, susceptibility, vulnerability
Main Entry: liberty
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: freedom
Synonyms: autarchy, authorization, autonomy, birthright, carte blanche, choice, convenience, decision, deliverance, delivery, dispensation, emancipation, enfranchisement, enlightenment, exemption, franchise, free speech, immunity, independence, leave, leisure, liberation, license, opportunity, permission, power of choice, prerogative, privilege, relaxation, release, rest, right, sanction, self-determination, self-government, sovereignty, suffrage, unconstraint
Antonyms: arrest, imprisonment, incarceration, restraint
Main Entry: option
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: alternative
Synonyms: advantage, benefit, choice, claim, dibs, dilemma, discretion, druthers, election, flipside, franchise, free will, grant, license, opportunity, other side of coin, pickup, preference, prerogative, privilege, right, selection, take it or leave it
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