| privilege | |
| 1. n. (ecclesiastical law now chiefly historical) An exemption from certain laws granted by the Pope. | |
| 2. n. A particular benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity enjoyed by some but not others; a prerogative, preferential treatment. | |
| All first-year professors here must teach four courses a term, yet you're only teaching one! What entitled you to such a privilege? | |
| 3. n. An especially rare or fortunate opportunity; the good fortune (to do something). | |
| 4. n. The fact of being privileged; the status or existence of (now especially social or economic) benefit or advantage within a given society. | |
| 5. n. A right or immunity enjoyed by a legislative body or its members. | |
| 6. n. (US, finance now rare) A stock market option. | |
| 7. n. (legal) A common law doctrine that protects certain communications from being used as evidence in court. | |
| Your honor, my client is not required to answer that; her response is protected by attorney-client privilege. | |
| 8. n. (computing) An ability to perform an action on the system that can be selectively granted or denied to users. | |
| 9. v. (archaic) To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize | |
| to privilege representatives from arrest | |
| 10. v. (archaic) To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver. | |
