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Meaning of 'privilege' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Privilege [ 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.
- See Call, Put, Spread, etc.
2 . Privilege [ 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.
- To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver.

Meaning of 'privilege' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . privilege [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
Example in sentence:
  • suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males

Nearby Words:

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