| Main Entry: | franchise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authority, right |
Synonyms: |
authorization, ballot, charter, exemption, freedom, immunity, patent, prerogative, privilege, suffrage, vote |
| Main Entry: | ballot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | voting; recording of vote |
Synonyms: |
election, franchise, plebiscite, poll, polling, referendum, slate, tally, ticket |
| Main Entry: | boutique |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shop |
Synonyms: |
booth, concession, exclusive shop, franchise, gift store, specialty shop, store |
| Main Entry: | carte blanche |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complete authority |
Synonyms: |
authority, blank check, franchise, free hand, free rein, freedom, full authority, full power, full power, grant, latitude, leeway, license, no holds barred, permission, power of attorney, prerogative, sanction, say, say-so, unconditional authority, unconditional right, unrestricted authority, warrant |
| Main Entry: | charter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | treaty, agreement |
Synonyms: |
allotment, bond, code, concession, constitution, contract, conveyance, deed, document, endowment, franchise, grant, indenture, license, pact, patent, permit, prerogative, privilege, right, settlement |
| Main Entry: | election |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | choosing; voting |
Synonyms: |
alternative, appointment, ballot, balloting, choice, decision, determination, franchise, judgment, option, poll, polls, preference, primary, referendum, selection, ticket, vote-casting |
| Main Entry: | freedom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | political independence |
Synonyms: |
abolition, abolitionism, autarchy, autonomy, citizenship, deliverance, delivery, democracy, discharge, disengagement, disimprisonment, emancipation, enfranchisement, exemption, extriction, franchise, home rule, immunity, impunity, liberation, liberty, manumission, parole, prerogative, privilege, probation, redemption, release, relief, representative government, rescue, salvage, salvation, self-determination, self-government, sovereignty |
Antonyms: |
communism, government, subjection, subordination, suppression |
| Main Entry: | immunity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | privilege, exemption |
Synonyms: |
amnesty, charter, exoneration, franchise, freedom, impunity, indemnity, invulnerability, liberty, license, prerogative, protection, release, resistance, right |
| Notes: | impunity is protection from punishment, just as immunity is protection from disease |
Antonyms: |
defenselessness, responsibility, susceptibility, vulnerability |
| Main Entry: | liberty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | freedom |
Synonyms: |
autarchy, authorization, autonomy, birthright, carte blanche, choice, convenience, decision, deliverance, delivery, dispensation, emancipation, enfranchisement, enlightenment, exemption, franchise, free speech, immunity, independence, leave, leisure, liberation, license, opportunity, permission, power of choice, prerogative, privilege, relaxation, release, rest, right, sanction, self-determination, self-government, sovereignty, suffrage, unconstraint |
Antonyms: |
arrest, imprisonment, incarceration, restraint |
| Main Entry: | option |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alternative |
Synonyms: |
advantage, benefit, choice, claim, dibs, dilemma, discretion, druthers, election, flipside, franchise, free will, grant, license, opportunity, other side of coin, pickup, preference, prerogative, privilege, right, selection, take it or leave it |