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Definition of Privilege
1. Verb. Bestow a privilege upon. "They privilege him to write the letter"
Generic synonyms: Allow, Countenance, Let, Permit
Derivative terms: Favor, Favour, Favour
2. Noun. A special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all.
3. Noun. A right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right). ; "Suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males"
Generic synonyms: Right
Specialized synonyms: Easement, Privilege Of The Floor
4. Noun. (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship.
Specialized synonyms: Attorney-client Privilege, Informer's Privilege, Journalist's Privilege, Husband-wife Privilege, Marital Communications Privilege, Physician-patient Privilege, Priest-penitent Privilege
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Definition of Privilege
1. 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.
2. 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.
Definition of Privilege
1. Noun. 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; preferential treatment. ¹
2. Noun. The status or existence of such benefit or advantage. ¹
3. Noun. (legal) A common law doctrine that protects certain communications from being used as evidence in court. ¹
4. Verb. (archaic) To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize; as, to privilege representatives from arrest. ¹
5. Verb. (archaic) To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Privilege
1. [v -LEGED, -LEGING, -LEGES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Privilege
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