Definition of Suffrage

the right to participate in making a decision

Examples of Suffrage in a sentence

By allowing employees to leave work early during the elections, the company president is encouraging each employee to use his right of suffrage.  🔊

If the people in the small country had suffrage, they would remove the evil leader from power.  🔊

Women who acquired the freedom to vote can thank the female leaders who fought for universal suffrage.  🔊

On election day Jim will stand in a long line to execute his right of suffrage.  🔊

Over the years, many people have been injured and killed to make suffrage a worldwide component of most political systems.  🔊

For centuries, men argued women were not their equals and as such did not deserve to express their preferences through suffrage.  🔊

In class today, the students learned about the men and women who led the suffrage movement so every vote could be counted.  🔊

When you cast your vote, you exercise your privilege of suffrage.  🔊

The school’s mock election is designed to allow students to become voters so they can use their rights of suffrage.  🔊

Under the principles of democracy, suffrage is a privilege that belongs to all people who want to participate in their own governance.  🔊

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