affranchise

Meaning

To free from obligation, servitude or service.

Synonyms

enfranchise

assoil

set free

acquit

exonerate

absolve

dispense

emancipate

exculpate

exempt

free

🆓

let off

liberate

liberated

manumit

redeem

release

relieve

remit

rescue

spell

unblock

unchain

uncork

unfreeze

whitewash

let go of

assoilzie

clear

decontrol

deliver

disencumber

disengage

Translations

manumitir

affranchir

🆓

αποδεσμεύω

απελευθερώνω

esonerare

libero

enfranquir

affrancare

freistellen

liberare

🆓

exonérer

scolpare

freisprechen

vrijlaten

afranquir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈfɹænˌt͡ʃaɪz/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: affranchysen

Cognate with French: affranchir

In summary

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