suffrage | | |
n. (attribute) | 1. right to vote, suffrage, vote | a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment.; "American women got the vote in 1920" |
| ~ universal suffrage | suffrage for all adults who are not disqualified by the laws of the country. |
| ~ enfranchisement, franchise | a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote). |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
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