Privilege

['prɪvɪlɪdʒ] or ['prɪvlɪdʒ]

Definition

(noun.) a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all.

(noun.) (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship.

(verb.) bestow a privilege upon.

Checked by Elmer--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil or burden; a prerogative; advantage; franchise.

(n.) See Call, Put, Spread, etc.

(v. t.) To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize; as, to privilege representatives from arrest.

(v. t.) To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver.

Checker: Presley

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Prerogative, right, claim, advantage, immunity, franchise, liberty, favor.

Checker: Uriah

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Prerogative, im-munity, franchise, right, liberty, advantage, claim, exemption

ANT:Disfranchisement, disqualification, exclusion, prohibition, inhibition

Editor: Maynard

Definition

n. an advantage to an individual: a right enjoyed only by a few: freedom from burdens borne by others: prerogative: a sacred and vital civil right: (Shak.) superiority.—v.t. to grant a privilege to: to exempt: to authorise license.—adj. Priv′ileged.—Breach of privilege any interference with or slight done to the rights or privileges of a legislative body; Question of privilege any question arising out of the rights of an assembly or of its members; Writ of privilege an order for the release of a person from custody.

Checker: Lucille

Examples

Editor: Paula

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