| privilege | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. privilege | a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all. |
| ~ advantage, vantage | the quality of having a superior or more favorable position.; "the experience gave him the advantage over me" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. exclusive right, perquisite, prerogative, privilege | a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right).; "suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males" |
| ~ right | an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature.; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away" |
| ~ easement | (law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land). |
| ~ privilege of the floor | the right to be admitted onto the floor of a legislative assembly while it is in session. |
| n. (attribute) | 3. privilege | (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship. |
| ~ right | an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature.; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away" |
| ~ attorney-client privilege | the right of a lawyer to refuse to divulge confidential information from his client. |
| ~ informer's privilege | the right of the government to refuse to reveal the identity of an informer. |
| ~ journalist's privilege | the right of a journalist to refuse to divulge sources of confidential information. |
| ~ husband-wife privilege, marital communications privilege | neither spouse can divulge confidential communications from the other while they were married. |
| ~ physician-patient privilege | the right of a physician to refuse to divulge confidential information from a patient without the consent of the patient. |
| ~ priest-penitent privilege | the right of a clergyman to refuse to divulge confidential information received from a person during confession or similar exchanges. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| v. (social) | 4. favor, favour, privilege | bestow a privilege upon. |
| ~ countenance, permit, allow, let | consent to, give permission.; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" |
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