HyperDic: privilege

English > 4 senses of the word *privilege*:
NOUN	attribute	privilege	a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed / enjoyed by all
	attribute	privilege, prerogative, perquisite, exclusive right	a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
	attribute	privilege	(law) the right to refuse / refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship
VERB	social	privilege, favor, favour	bestow a privilege upon

privilege > pronunciation
Sounds	prih'vihlahjh; prih'vihlihjh; prih'vlahjh; prih'vlihjh
Rhymes	acreage ... wreckage: 85 rhymes with ahjh...
Rhymes	abridge ... yardage: 133 rhymes with ihjh...

English > *privilege*: 4 senses > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	A special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed / enjoyed by all.
Broader	advantage, vantage	The quality of having a superior or more favorable position
Spanish	privilegio
Catalan	privilegi
Verbs	privilege	bestow a privilege upon

English > *privilege*: 4 senses > noun 2, attribute
Meaning	A right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right).
Synonyms	prerogative, perquisite, exclusive right
Narrower	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)
Narrower	privilege of the floor	The right to be admitted onto the floor of a legislative assembly while it is in session
Broader	right	An abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
Spanish	derecho exclusivo, prerrogativa, privilegio, regalía
Catalan	dret exclusiu, prerrogativa, privilegi
Verbs	privilege	bestow a privilege upon

English > *privilege*: 4 senses > noun 3, attribute
Meaning	(law) the right to refuse / refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship.
Category	law, jurisprudence	The collection of rules imposed by authority
Narrower	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
	marital communications privilege, husband-wife 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
Broader	right	An abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
Spanish	derecho al silencio, privilegio
Catalan	dret al silenci, privilegi

English > *privilege*: 4 senses > verb 1, social
Meaning	bestow a privilege upon.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody
Synonyms	favor, favour
Broader	permit, allow, let, countenance	consent to, give permission
Spanish	favorecer, privilegiar
Nouns	privilege	a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
Nouns	privilege	a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed / enjoyed by all

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