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PRIVILEGE
- A special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group of people
- Something regarded as a rare opportunity and bringing particular pleasure
- (in a parliamentary context) The right to say or write something without the risk of incurring punishment or legal action for defamation
- The right of a lawyer or official to refuse to divulge confidential information
- A grant to an individual, corporation, or place of special rights or immunities, esp. in the form of a franchise or monopoly
- an advantage, right or favour granted to or enjoyed by an individual or group [n -S] / to grant a privilege to [v PRIVILEGED, PRIVILEGING, PRIVILEGES]