disempower
She stands up for people who are otherwise voiceless or disempowered.
Kids who feel disempowered, who are being victimized at school or abused at home, may turn to drugs.
People feel so disempowered by the pace of change.
Many crime victims come from disempowered groups.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Stop having or doing something
abdicate
abdication
bandh
bomb
bomb out
break with something
butt
forfeitable
forgo
forsake
forswear
give up
give up the ghostidiom
lay
self-denying
self-denyingly
self-renouncing
self-renunciation
self-sacrifice
throw

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Lack of freedom to act