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(verb) bestow a privilege upon |
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Synonyms: favor, favour |
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Related Words: allow, countenance, let, permit |
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(verb) grant a privilege to |
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Related Words: accord, allot, grant |
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(noun) a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all |
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Related Words: advantage, vantage |
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(noun) (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship |
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Related Words: attorney-client privilege, husband-wife privilege, informer's privilege, journalist's privilege, marital communications privilege, physician-patient privilege, priest-penitent privilege, right |
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(noun) a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right); "suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males" |
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Synonyms: exclusive right, perquisite, prerogative |
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Related Words: privilege of the floor, right |
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