"privileges" in the noun sense
1. privilege
a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all
2. prerogative, privilege, perquisite, exclusive right
a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right
"suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males"
3. privilege
law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship
"privileges" in the verb sense
1. privilege, favor, favour
bestow a privilege upon
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