Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb affranchise

1 sense of affranchise

Sense 1
affranchise, enfranchise -- (grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude; "Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century")
       => liberate, set free -- (grant freedom to; "The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university")

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