[word] The Webster`s Online Dictionary defines affranchisement as `the act of making free`. According to TheFreeDictionary.com, `to affranchise` means `to release from servitude or an obligation`. The work English Synonyms Discriminated explains that `affranchisement applies only to those who were parties to the compact dissolved, and deliv... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affranchisement_(word)
Af·fran'chise·ment noun [ Confer French affranchissement .] The act of making free; enfranchisement. [ R.] Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/39