Enfranchisement \En*fran"chise*ment\, n.

1. Releasing from slavery or custody. --Shak.

2. Admission to the freedom of a corporation or body politic; investiture with the privileges of free citizens.

Enfranchisement of copyhold (Eng. Law), the conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold. --Mozley & W.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)