Emancipation vs Enfranchisement - What's the difference?
emancipation | enfranchisement | Related terms |
The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence
The state of being thus set free; liberation; used of slaves, minors, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjection.
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The act of enfranchising
The release from slavery
The investiture with any of several municipal privileges
(UK, legal) conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold
Emancipation is a related term of enfranchisement.
As nouns the difference between emancipation and enfranchisement
is that emancipation is emancipation while enfranchisement is the act of enfranchising.emancipation
English
(wikipedia emancipation)Noun
(en-noun)- US President Abraham Lincoln was called the Great Emancipator after issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
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enfranchisement
English
Noun
(en noun)- enfranchisement of copyhold