disfranchisement

2 definitions found

disfranchisement - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Sentenced first to dismission from the court, and then
           to disfranchisement and expulsion from the colony.
                                                    --Palfrey.
     [1913 Webster]

disfranchisement - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  disfranchisement
      n 1: the discontinuation of a franchise; especially the
           discontinuation of the right to vote