privilege

priv·i·lege  (prv-lj, prvlj)

n.

1.

a. A special advantage, immunity, permission, right, or benefit granted to or enjoyed by an individual, class, or caste. See Synonyms at right.

b. Such an advantage, immunity, or right held as a prerogative of status or rank, and exercised to the exclusion or detriment of others.

2. The principle of granting and maintaining a special right or immunity: a society based on privilege.

3.

a. Protection from being forced to disclose confidential communications in certain relationships, as between attorney and client, physician and patient, or priest and confessor.

b. Protection from being sued for libel or slander for making otherwise actionable statements in a context or forum where open and candid expression is deemed desirable for reasons of public policy.

4. An option to buy or sell a stock, including put, call, spread, and straddle.

tr.v. priv·i·leged, priv·i·leg·ing, priv·i·leg·es

1. To grant a privilege to.

2. To free or exempt.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin prvilgium, a law affecting one person : prvus, single, alone; see per¹ in Indo-European roots + lx, lg-, law; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]

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privilege

Noun

1. a benefit or advantage granted only to certain people: a privilege of rank

2. the opportunity to do something which gives you great satisfaction and which most people never have the chance to do: I had the privilege of meeting the Queen when she visited our school

3. the power and advantages that come with great wealth or high social class: the use of violence to protect class privilege and thwart popular democracy [Latin privilegium law relevant to rights of an individual]

Thesaurus

Noun	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"
	2.	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" exclusive right, prerogative, perquisite 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"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "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
	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"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "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"
Verb	1.	privilege - bestow a privilege upon favour, favor 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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privilege

noun right, benefit, due, advantage, claim, freedom, sanction, liberty, concession, franchise, entitlement, prerogative, birthright

Translations

privilege [ˈprɪvɪlɪdʒ] n → privilegio (= prerogative); prerrogativa

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privilege [ˈprɪvɪlɪdʒ] n → privilège m

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privilege [ˈprɪvɪlɪdʒ] n (advantage) → Privileg nt (= honour); Ehre f

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privilege [ˈprɪvɪlɪdʒ] n → privilegio

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privilege

n privilege [ˈprivəlidʒ]

(a) favour or right available, or granted, to only one person, or to a small number of people Senior students are usually allowed certain privileges. voorreg إمْتِياز привилегия výsada, právo privilegium das Privileg προνόμιο privilegio eesõigus امتیاز etuoikeus privilège זְכוּת प्राधिकार kiváltság hak istimewa forréttindi privilegio 特権 특권, 특전 privilegija, lengvata privilēģija; priekšrocība hak istimewa voorrecht privilegium, særrettighet przywilej privilégio privilegiu привилегия výsada posebna pravica privilegija privilegium สิทธิพิเศษ ayrıcalık 特權 привілей; перевага رعايت، اختيار đặc quyền 特权

adj privileged

bevoorreg مُتَمَتِّع بامتيازات خاصَّه привилегирован privilegovaný privilegeret privilegiert προνομιούχος privilegiado eesõigustatud برخوردار از امتیاز etuoikeutettu privilégié מְיוּחָס विशेषाधिकृत kiváltságos punya hak istimewa forréttinda- privilegiato 特権のある 특권[]이 있는 privilegijuotas privileģēts mempunyai hak istimewa bevoorrecht privilegert uprzywilejowany privilegiado privilegiat привилегированный privilegovaný privilegiran privilegovan privilegierad ที่ได้เปรียบ ayrıcalıklı 有特權的 привілейований رعايت يافتہ có đặc quyền 有特权的