Suffrage is the right to vote in public elections. Universal suffrage means everyone gets to vote, as opposed to only men, or property holders. Suffrage has nothing to do with "suffering," unless the wrong person is elected.
A vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote.
Noun
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"
n.
A vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in
the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal expression of an
opinion; assent; vote.
n.
Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
n.
A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and
evensong.
n.
A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful
departed.
n.
Aid; assistance.
n.
The right to vote; franchise.
v. t.
To vote for; to elect.
Suffrage
I ask your voices and your suffrages.2.
Lactantius and St. Austin confirm by their suffrage the observation made by heathen writers.
Every miracle is the suffrage of Heaven to the truth of a doctrine.3.
I firmly believe that there is a purgatory, and that the souls therein detained are helped by the suffrages of the faithful.4.
Suffrage
A vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote.
To vote for; to elect.
Usage Examples
Universal suffrage should rest upon universal education. To this end, liberal and permanent provision should be made for the support of free schools by the State governments, and, if need be, supplemented by legitimate aid from national authority.
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Other Usage ExamplesThe great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of suffrage and this when used with calmness and deliberation will prove strong enough.
When a citizen gives his suffrage to a man of known immorality he abuses his trust he sacrifices not only his own interest, but that of his neighbor he betrays the interest of his country.
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