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Liberty vs Enfranchisement - What's the difference?

liberty | enfranchisement | Synonyms |

As nouns the difference between liberty and enfranchisement

is that liberty is the condition of being free from control or restrictions while enfranchisement is the act of enfranchising.

liberty

Noun

  • The condition of being free from control or restrictions.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-07-05, volume=412, issue=8894, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Freedom fighter , passage=[Edmund] Burke continued to fight for liberty later on in life. He backed Americans in their campaign for freedom from British taxation. He supported Catholic freedoms and freer trade with Ireland, in spite of his constituents’ ire. He wanted more liberal laws on the punishment of debtors.}}
  • The condition of being free from imprisonment, slavery or forced labour.
  • The condition of being free to act, believe or express oneself as one chooses.
  • Freedom from excessive government control.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-12-14, author=Simon Jenkins, authorlink=Simon Jenkins
  • , volume=188, issue=2, page=23, date=2012-12-21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= We mustn't overreact to North Korea boys' toys , passage=The threat of terrorism to the British lies in the overreaction to it of British governments. Each one in turn clicks up the ratchet of surveillance, intrusion and security. Each one diminishes liberty .}}
  • A short period when a sailor is allowed ashore.
  • A breach of social convention (often liberties ).
  • A local government unit in medieval England – see .
  • Synonyms

    * freedom * independence

    Derived terms

    * at liberty * liberty of conscience * take liberties * take the liberty

    enfranchisement

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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
  • enfranchisement of copyhold