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Enfranchise

To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power.

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Accord 76% connected

Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.

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Allot 76% connected

To distribute by lot.

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Grant 76% connected

To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.

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Liberate 76% connected

To release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to free; to manumit; to disengage; as, to liberate a slave or prisoner; to liberate the mind…

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Franchise 74% connected

Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Franchise 74% connected

Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.

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Affranchise 92% connected

To make free; to enfranchise.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Abolish verb · 78% connection

To do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; -- said of laws, customs, institutions, governments, etc.; as, to abolish slavery, to…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: free, liberate, slavery, prison, binding.
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Abolition noun · 78% connection

The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or t…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: free, liberate, slavery, prison, binding.
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Abolitionist noun · 78% connection

A person who favors the abolition of any institution, especially negro slavery.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: free, liberate, slavery, prison, binding.
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Antislavery adjective · 78% connection

Opposed to slavery.

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Bastile Bastille noun · 78% connection

"The Bastille", formerly a castle or fortress in Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a rhetorical name…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: free, liberate, slavery, prison, binding.
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Bocardo noun · 78% connection

A prison; -- originally the name of the old north gate in Oxford, which was used as a prison.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: free, liberate, slavery, prison, binding.
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Bond adjective · 78% connection

In a state of servitude or slavery; captive.

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Bond service unknown · 78% connection

The condition of a bond servant; service without wages; slavery.

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Bondage adjective · 78% connection

The state of being bound; condition of being under restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion; involuntary servitude; slav…

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Bondslave noun · 78% connection

A person in a state of slavery; one whose person and liberty are subjected to the authority of a master.

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Cause noun · 78% connection

a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the c…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: free, liberate, slavery, prison, binding.
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Chain verb · 78% connection

To keep in slavery; to enslave.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: free, liberate, slavery, prison, binding.
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Deliver verb · 78% connection

To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: free, liberate, slavery, prison, binding.
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Disenchant verb · 78% connection

To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms or spells; to free from fascination or delusion.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: free, liberate, slavery, prison, binding.
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Disengage verb · 78% connection

To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liber…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: free, liberate, slavery, prison, binding.
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Disenslave verb · 78% connection

To free from bondage or slavery; to disenthrall.

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Disenthrall verb · 78% connection

To release from thralldom or slavery; to give freedom to; to disinthrall.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: free, liberate, slavery, prison, binding.
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Disincarcerate verb · 78% connection

To liberate from prison.

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