affranchisement
(əˈfrɑːntʃɪzmənt, -æ-)
[f. affranchise + -ment.]
‘The act of making free.’ Todd 1818.
| 1799 Ann. Reg. 1792 (Dodsley) Hist. Eur. 81/1 The decree for the affranchisement of the mulattoes. 1887 Harper's Mag. Mar. 581/1 Affranchisement, independence, freedom, secured for others, had anew their echo in the hearts of the Russian people. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Jan. 24/4 Mr. Woodward's reading of modern history as a gradual ‘affranchisement’. |