Definitions for: Disfranchisement

[n] the discontinuation of a franchise; especially the discontinuation of the right to vote

Webster (1913) Definition: Dis*fran"chise*ment, n.
The act of disfranchising, or the state 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.

See Also: discontinuance, discontinuation