disenfranchise Antonyms

Meaning of disenfranchise

Wordnet

disenfranchise (v)

deprive of voting rights

Webster

disenfranchise (v. t.)

To disfranchise; to deprive of the rights of a citizen.

FAQs About the word disenfranchise

deprive of voting rightsTo disfranchise; to deprive of the rights of a citizen.

disempower, disable,disqualify, nullify, invalidate,forbid, proscribe, decertify,disallow, delegitimize

qualify, enable, authorize, authorize,privilege, qualify, entitle, privilege, entitle, enable

The new legislation disenfranchises the prison population by denying them the right to vote.

The poll tax was specifically designed to disenfranchise African American voters.

The literacy test was another method used to disenfranchise African American voters.

The grandfather clause was yet another way to disenfranchise African American voters.