What is the term for the formal withdrawal of a citizen's rights or privileges?

• A. Suffrage
• B. Emancipation
• C. Disfranchisement
• D. Exile

Answer: (C)

Disfranchisement is the formal withdrawal of a citizen's rights or privileges, most often the right to vote. It specifically captures the idea of taking away political participation rather than granting it. By contrast, suffrage is the right to vote itself, emancipation refers to freeing someone from slavery or bondage, and exile means banishing someone from a country. So the term that describes losing one's rights or privileges is disfranchisement, such as when voting rights are removed through legal or political action.