enfranchises
Gives voting rights
Enfranchises means grants the right to vote or, more broadly, grants freedom or citizenship rights.
A law that enfranchises a group brings them into the political process: The amendment enfranchised women in 1920.
The word can also mean to liberate from bondage or restrictions: Education enfranchises the mind.
Right to cast ballots
- ballotVoting document
- electorateEligible voting body
- voterBallot-casting citizen
- registrationFormal recording of participation
polls · eligibility · voting rights · representation · participation · electoral · polling station · absentee
Makes something possible
- authorizesOfficially allows something
- endowsFurnishes with lasting resources
- investsCommits money for profit
- grantsAwarded funds for purposes
bestows · confers · legitimizes · validates · elevates · uplifts · includes · incorporates
Release from legal bondage
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- manumissionFormal freeing of enslaved
- unshackleRemove bonds from
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
autonomy · deliverance · disenthral · release · abolition · reconstruction · suffragette · civil rights movement
Legal path to belonging
- nationalityLegal belonging to country
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
- statehoodCondition of being sovereign
allegiance · civic · jurisdiction · consulate · expatriate · repatriation · diaspora · residency
Rights limiting government power
- equal protectionUniform legal treatment
- equalitySame status for all
- human rightsInalienable personal freedoms
- constitutional rightsLegally protected individual freedoms
accessibility · fair treatment · anti-discrimination · due process · protection · entitlement · legal standing · recognition
suffrage
Right to cast ballots
- ballotVoting document
- electorateEligible voting body
- voterBallot-casting citizen
registration · polls · eligibility · voting rights · representation · participation · electoral · polling station · absentee · turnout
enables
Makes something possible
- authorizesOfficially allows something
- endowsFurnishes with lasting resources
- investsCommits money for profit
grants · bestows · confers · legitimizes · validates · elevates · uplifts · includes · incorporates · admits
emancipation
Release from legal bondage
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- manumissionFormal freeing of enslaved
- unshackleRemove bonds from
self-determination · autonomy · deliverance · disenthral · release · abolition · reconstruction · suffragette · civil rights movement
naturalization
Legal path to belonging
- nationalityLegal belonging to country
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
statehood · allegiance · civic · jurisdiction · consulate · expatriate · repatriation · diaspora · residency · documentation
civil liberties
Rights limiting government power
- equal protectionUniform legal treatment
- equalitySame status for all
- human rightsInalienable personal freedoms
constitutional rights · accessibility · fair treatment · anti-discrimination · due process · protection · entitlement · legal standing · recognition
enfranchisesdisenfranchises
Removes someone's voting rights
disqualifies · suppresses · invalidates · deregisters · silences
enfranchisesenslaves
Forces into servitude
subjugates · disenfranchises · disempowers · oppresses · marginalizes
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