privilege

Something you are allowed to do or have that is not available to everyone.

• Driving is a privilege.
• Only members enjoy this privilege.
• He lost his visiting privileges after breaking the rules.

How to use it: privilege of doing something (Members have the privilege of using the private pool.)

Similar words: special right, benefit

Common phrases: special privilege, enjoy a privilege, privilege of something, social privilege

Legal protection that allows certain private communications to be kept out of court evidence.

• The lawyer claimed privilege over the letters.
• Their private conversation was protected by attorney-client privilege.
• The court decided that privilege did not cover those emails.

Similar words: evidentiary privilege

Common phrases: legal privilege, attorney-client privilege, claim privilege