privilege

1. A special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all (synset 105165679)
   is a type of: advantage, vantage - the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
2. A right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right) (synset 105186242)
   "suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males"
   is a type of: right - an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
   subtypes:

   • easement - (law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land)
   • privilege of the floor - the right to be admitted onto the floor of a legislative assembly while it is in session
   same as: exclusive right, perquisite, prerogative
3. (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship (synset 105187094)
   referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
   is a type of: right - an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
   subtypes:

   • attorney-client privilege - the right of a lawyer to refuse to divulge confidential information from his client
   • informer's privilege - the right of the government to refuse to reveal the identity of an informer
   • journalist's privilege - the right of a journalist to refuse to divulge sources of confidential information
   • husband-wife privilege, marital communications privilege - neither spouse can divulge confidential communications from the other while they were married
   • physician-patient privilege - the right of a physician to refuse to divulge confidential information from a patient without the consent of the patient
   • priest-penitent privilege - the right of a clergyman to refuse to divulge confidential information received from a person during confession or similar exchanges

1. Bestow a privilege upon (synset 202459141)
   is a type of: allow, countenance, let, permit - consent to, give permission
   same as: favor, favour

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