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privilege

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a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all(noun.attribute)

source: wordnet30
a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)(noun.attribute)

Synonym:
exclusive right, perquisite, prerogative

source: wordnet30
(law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship(noun.attribute)

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

bestow a privilege upon(verb.social)

Synonym:
favor, favour

source: wordnet30
To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize; as, to privilege representatives from arrest.(verb)

source: webster1913

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