Suffrage

Noun

 * 1) The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision.
 * 2) A kind of prayer.
 * 3) A vote in deciding a particular question.

Synonyms

 * franchise

Adjectives for Suffrage
popular; unsolicited; unrestricted; universal; unappreciated.

Verbs for Suffrage
authorize—; campaign for—; claim—; confer—on; curtail—; demand—; deny—; deprive of—; endow with—; enjoy—; entitle to—; extend—; gain—; merit—; relinquish —; restore—; restrict—; revoke—; sanction —; solicit—; throttle—; yield—; —voices.

Thesaurus
Australian ballot, Hare system, association, aye, ballot, canvass, canvassing, casting vote, choice, cochairmanship, complicity, condominium, contribution, copartnership, copartnery, cotenancy, counting heads, cumulative voting, deciding vote, division, enfranchisement, engagement, fagot vote, female suffrage, franchise, graveyard vote, hand vote, having a part, household franchise, involvement, joint chairmanship, joint control, joint ownership, joint tenancy, list system, manhood suffrage, nay, no, nontransferable vote, option, partaking, participation, partnership, plebiscite, plebiscitum, plumper, plural vote, poll, polling, preferential voting, proportional representation, proxy, record vote, referendum, representation, right to vote, rising vote, say, secret ballot, sharing, show of hands, single vote, snap vote, straw vote, suffragette, suffragettism, suffragism, suffragist, the vote, transferable vote, universal suffrage, viva voce, voice, voice vote, vote, voting, voting right, woman-suffragist, write-in, write-in vote, yea, yeas and nays, yes

Etymology
From Latin suffragium, 'support, vote, right of voting'.

Pronunciation
's&-frij

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * German: Stimmrecht
 * Italian:
 * Spanish:

Related terms

 * suffragist
 * suffragette