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affranchise.

To free from obligation, servitude or service.

11 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/əˈfɹænˌt͡ʃaɪz/
  1. To free from obligation, servitude or service.

    transitive
    Eventually, the intention was that they should affranchise all the slaves.
Where this word comes from

From late Middle English affranchysen, from Old French afranchiss-, long stem of afranchir (modern French affranchir), from a- + franchir (“to free”). By surface analysis, af- + franchise.

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