[ noun ] the discontinuation of a franchise; especially the discontinuation of the right to vote <noun.act>
Disfranchisement \Dis*fran"chise*ment\, n. The act of disfranchising, or the state of being disfranchised; deprivation of privileges of citizenship or of chartered immunities.
Sentenced first to dismission from the court, and then to disfranchisement and expulsion from the colony. --Palfrey.