disfranchisement
noun
- revocation of the right of suffrage
Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English disfranchise Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English disfranchisement From disfranchise + -ment.
- The act of disfranchising.
- The deprivation of the privileges and immunities of citizenship.