affrancazione

emancipation

noun ahf-frahn-kah-TSYOH-neh Rare

Also means

enfranchisement

Usage Note

Affrancazione derives from affrancare (to free, to stamp a letter). In historical and legal Italian it referred to the liberation of serfs or the redemption of a mortgage; in postal usage affrancatura (not affrancazione) is the more common term for franking. The word now appears mainly in formal historical or legal texts.

Examples

"L'affrancazione dei servi avvenne nel XIX secolo."

Natural Translation

The emancipation of serfs occurred in the 19th century.

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