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(1):

(a.) A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals; an imunity or exemption from ordinary jurisdiction; a constitutional or statutory right or privilege, esp. the right to vote.

(2):

(a.) Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.

(3):

(v. t.) To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to.

(4):

(a.) Magnanimity; generosity; liberality; frankness; nobility.

(5):

(a.) The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary.