Disfranchisement

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disfranchisement \Dis*fran"chise*ment\, n.
     The act of disfranchising, or the state of being
     disfranchised; deprivation of privileges of citizenship or of
     chartered immunities.
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           Sentenced first to dismission from the court, and then
           to disfranchisement and expulsion from the colony.
                                                    --Palfrey.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disfranchisement
       n : the discontinuation of a franchise; especially the
           discontinuation of the right to vote