right_to_vote (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *right to vote*:
NOUN	attribute	right to vote, vote, suffrage	a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution

English > *right to vote*: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	A legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment.
Synonyms	vote, suffrage
Category	law, jurisprudence	The collection of rules imposed by authority
Narrower	universal suffrage	suffrage for all adults who are not disqualified by the laws of the country
Broader	franchise, enfranchisement	A statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)
Spanish	derecho al voto, sufragio, voto
Catalan	sufragi

HyperDic: right_to_vote