different between liberty vs enfranchisement

English

Etymology

From Middle English liberte, from Old French liberté, from Latin libertas (“freedom”), from liber (“free”); see liberal.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?l?b?ti/

Noun

liberty (countable and uncountable, plural liberties)

1. The condition of being free from control or restrictions.
2. The condition of being free from imprisonment, slavery or forced labour.

3. The condition of being free to act, believe or express oneself as one chooses.
4. Freedom from excessive government control.
5. A short period when a sailor is allowed ashore.

6. (often plural) A breach of social convention.

7. A local division of government administration in medieval England.
8. (game of Go) an empty space next to a group of stones of the same color.

Synonyms

• freedom

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Further reading

• liberty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• liberty in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Liberty in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• liberty on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Liberty (division) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Birtley, Tribley

Italian

Noun

liberty m (invariable)

1. art nouveau

English

Etymology

enfranchise +? -ment

Noun

enfranchisement (countable and uncountable, plural enfranchisements)

1. The act of enfranchising
2. A release from slavery
3. The investiture with any of several municipal privileges
4. (Britain, law) conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold

   enfranchisement of copyhold