What does privilege mean?
Definitions for privilege
ˈprɪv ə lɪdʒ, ˈprɪv lɪdʒpriv·i·lege
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Princeton's WordNet
privilegenoun
a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all
prerogative, privilege, perquisite, exclusive rightnoun
a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
"suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males"
privilegeverb
(law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship
privilege, favor, favourverb
bestow a privilege upon
Wiktionary
privilegenoun
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.
privilegenoun
The status or existence of such benefit or advantage.
privilegenoun
A common law doctrine that protects certain communications from being used as evidence in court.
privilegeverb
To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize; as, to privilege representatives from arrest.
privilegeverb
To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver.
Etymology: From privilège, from privilegium, from privus + lex, legis.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Privilegenoun
Etymology: privilege, Fr. privilegium, Lat.
Here’s my sword,
Behold it is the privilege of mine honours,
My oath, and my profession. William Shakespeare.He went
Invisible, yet stay’d, such privilege
Hath omnipresence. John Milton.He claims his privilege, and says ’tis fit,
Nothing should be the judge of wit, but wit. John Denham.Smiles, not allow’d to beasts, from reason move,
And are the privilege of human love. Dryden.The privilege of birth-right was a double portion. John Locke.
I beg the ancient privilege of Athens. William Shakespeare.
A soul that can securely death defy,
And counts it nature’s privilege to die. Dryden.To Privilegeverb
Etymology: from the noun.
The great are privileg’d alone,
To punish all injustice but their own. Dryden.He happier yet, who privileg’d by fate
To shorter labour, and a lighter weight,
Receiv’d but yesterday the gift of breath,
Ordain’d to-morrow to return to death. Matthew Prior.The court is rather deemed as a privileged place of unbridled licentiousness, than as the abiding of him, who, as a father, should give a fatherly example. Philip Sidney, b. ii.
He took this place for sanctuary,
And it shall privilege him from your hands. William Shakespeare.This place
Doth privilege me, speak what reason will. Daniel.Many things are by our laws privileged from tythes, which by the canon law are chargeable. Matthew Hale.
Wikipedia
Privilege
Privilege (Set Me Free) is song by the Patti Smith Group and released as the second single from their 1978 album Easter. The original version of the song was titled "Free Me" and was written by Mel London and Mike Leander for the 1967 film Privilege. Patti spoke sections of Psalm 23 over the instrumental bridge among other lyrical additions.
ChatGPT
privilege
Privilege refers to a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group of people. It is often used in the context of social inequality, where certain groups or individuals have benefits that are unearned and mostly exclusive to them based on aspects such as race, gender, class, or sexual orientation.
Webster Dictionary
Privilegenoun
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
Privilegenoun
see Call, Put, Spread, etc
Privilegeverb
to grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize; as, to privilege representatives from arrest
Privilegeverb
to bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver
Etymology: [Cf. F. privilgier.]
Wikidata
Privilege
A privilege is a special entitlement to immunity granted by the state or another authority to a restricted group, either by birth or on a conditional basis. It can be revoked in certain circumstances. In modern democratic states, a privilege is conditional and granted only after birth. By contrast, a right is an inherent, irrevocable entitlement held by all citizens or all human beings from the moment of birth. Various older privileges, such as the old common law privilege to title deeds, may still exist, but be of little relevance today. Etymologically a privilege means a "private law", or rule relating to a specific individual or institution. Boniface's abbey of Fulda, to cite an early and prominent example, was granted privilegium, setting the abbot in direct contact with the pope, bypassing the jurisdiction of the local bishop. One of the objectives of the French Revolution was the abolition of privilege. This meant the removal of separate laws for different social classes, instead subjecting everyone to the same common law. Privileges were abolished by the National Constituent Assembly on August 4, 1789. One common legal privilege in the United States is protection from the requirement to testify or provide documents in certain situations.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Privilege
priv′i-lej, n. an advantage to an individual: a right enjoyed only by a few: freedom from burdens borne by others: prerogative: a sacred and vital civil right: (Shak.) superiority.—v.t. to grant a privilege to: to exempt: to authorise, license.—adj. Priv′ileged.—Breach of privilege, any interference with or slight done to the rights or privileges of a legislative body; Question of privilege, any question arising out of the rights of an assembly or of its members; Writ of privilege, an order for the release of a person from custody. [Fr.,—L. privilegium—privus, single, lex, legis, a law.]
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'privilege' in Nouns Frequency: #1553
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of privilege in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of privilege in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of privilege in a Sentence
I'm glad to see that Emmet is using a high standard because after all, we've given them everything they ask, thirty-two witnesses, no invocation of privilege. 1.4 million documents, no invocation of privilege. Tell me we have something to hide. We have nothing to hide.
She gave me a gift when I arrived, she recently had a birthday, and she told me, ‘I’m happy to be 61.’ … Those words, ‘I’m happy,’ might have gone right in and out of my ears if this hadn’t happened. … To be the last person with her, with my hands on her heart, and to remember those last words she said to me, I have to look at it as a privilege rather than a horror. … I got to send her off, with love.
Jessica Bendinger's really kind of dipping Jessica Bendinger toe into realizing that Jessica Bendinger is a product of White privilege and Jessica Bendinger's got to deal with it.
Chief Executive Carsten Spohr:
The explicit wish of our customers is not to allow phone calls on board, and I promise you we will guarantee this very last privilege of privacy.
The Senate can get to the truth, you can get to the truth by calling witnesses who can testify. And any privilege issues can be worked out by the chief justice of Supreme Court.
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- امتيازArabic
- imtiyazAzerbaijani
- privilegiCatalan, Valencian
- výsada, privilegiumCzech
- Privileg, privilegierenGerman
- προνόμιοGreek
- privilegioEsperanto
- privilegiar, privilegioSpanish
- salassapito-oikeus, erioikeus, etuoikeusFinnish
- privilégier, privilègeFrench
- előny, kiváltságHungarian
- hak istimewaIndonesian
- privilejoIdo
- prerogativa, privilegioItalian
- 特権Japanese
- សិទ្ធិKhmer
- 特權, 특권Korean
- voorrechtDutch
- przywilejPolish
- privilégioPortuguese
- privilegiu, dreptRomanian
- льгота, привилегияRussian
- privilegij, privilegijaSerbo-Croatian
- privilegiumSwedish
- சலுகைTamil
- ప్రత్యేక హక్కుTelugu
- สิทธิพิเศษThai
- kıyak, ayrıcalık, torpil, imtiyazTurkish
- استحقاقUrdu
- đặc quyềnVietnamese
- 特權Chinese
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