D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Disfranchisement

· Dis·fran·chise·ment · IPA
01 n. The act of disfranchising, or the state of being disfranchised; deprivation of privileges of citizenship or of chartered immunities.
  1. 1.
    The act of disfranchising, or the state of being disfranchised; deprivation of privileges of citizenship or of chartered immunities.
    “Sentenced first to dismission from the court, and then to disfranchisement and expulsion from the colony.” — Palfrey.