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Noun privilege has 3 senses

privilege - a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all
--₁ is a kind of advantage, vantage

Derived form: verb privilege₁
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"
--₂ is a kind of right
--₂ has particulars: easement; privilege of the floor
Derived form: verb privilege₁
privilege - (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship
--₃ is a kind of right
--₃ has particulars:
attorney-client privilege; informer's privilege; journalist's privilege; marital communications privilege, husband-wife privilege; physician-patient privilege; priest-penitent privilege

Verb privilege has 1 sense

privilege, favor, favour - bestow a privilege upon
--₁ is one way to permit, allow, let, countenance

Derived forms: noun privilege₁, noun privilege₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody