Synonyms for disfranchise
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dis-fran-chahyz |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈfræn tʃaɪz |
Top 10 synonyms for disfranchise Other synonyms for the word disfranchise
- bate
- bind
- capture
- chain
- check
- circumscribe
- compel
- confine
- debar
- disable
- disenable
- disentitle
- disfranchise
- dominate
- eighty-six
- enchain
- enclose
- enthrall
- except
- fetter
- get hooks into
- hobble
- hold
- immure
- impair
- incapacitate
- indenture
- jail
- keep under thumb
- nix
- not make the cut
- paralyze
- prohibit
- put in irons
- reduce
- restrain
- restrict
- rule out
- secure
- shackle
- shut in
- subdue
- subject
- subjugate
- suppress
- suspend
- tether
- tie
- unfit
- weaken
- yoke
Définition of disfranchise
- As in disqualify : verb be unfit for; be ineligible
- As in enslave : verb make someone a servant
- When the work is done, it is unfair to disfranchise any of the participants.
- Extract from : « Women and the Alphabet » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- To disfranchise women is deliberately to turn from knowledge and grope in ignorance.
- Extract from : « Darkwater » by W. E. B. Du Bois
- The Democrats, seeing this, are now determined to disfranchise them.
- Extract from : « The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) » by Ida Husted Harper
- Thomas Jones dared him to combat by accusing Ministers of seeking to disfranchise Ireland by corrupt means.
- Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose
- He would support a bill to disfranchise Dudley, and support another to enfranchise Old Sarum.
- Extract from : « The Curiosities of Dudley and the Black Country, From 1800 to 1860 » by C. F. G. Clark
- The laws were so arranged as effectually to disfranchise those who had no property.
- Extract from : « History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I » by Myers Gustavus
- Its purport is to disfranchise all the people of color who were citizens of the free states.
- Extract from : « Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. » by Josiah Quincy
- The effect of putting them under admonition was to disfranchise them; it was one of Cotton's ingenuities of the sanctuary.
- Extract from : « The Beginners of a Nation » by Edward Eggleston.
- He wanted a special commission to disfranchise such persons.
- Extract from : « Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama » by Walter L. Fleming
- He was not afraid that at some distant period the blacks of the South would rise and disfranchise the whites.
- Extract from : « History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) » by Various
Antonyms for disfranchise
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