Enfranchisement

Definition of Enfranchisement

The act of making free (as from slavery); giving a franchise or freedom to; investiture with privileges or capacities of freedom, or municipal or political liberty. Conferring the privilege of voting upon classes of persons who have not previously possessed such. See also Franchise.

That's the definition of Enfranchisement in Black's Law Dictionary 6th Edition. Courtesy of Cekhukum.com.