privilege
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noun
a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group of people:
(特定の人･集団に与えられる)特権, 特典, 特別扱い
e.g. education is a right, not a privilege
e.g. he has been accustomed all his life to wealth and privilege.
something regarded as a rare opportunity and bringing particular pleasure:
〖単数形で〗名誉, 光栄(honor)
e.g. I have the privilege of awarding you this scholarship.
(also absolute privilege) (especially in a parliamentary context) the right to say or write something without the risk of incurring punishment or legal action for defamation.
〖具体例では可算〗(議員の)免責特権
the right of a lawyer or official to refuse to divulge confidential information.
(弁護士･医師の)秘匿特権
chiefly historical a grant to an individual, corporation, or place of special rights or immunities, especially in the form of a franchise or monopoly.
verb with object formal
grant a privilege or privileges to:
…を特別扱いする(favor); 〈人〉に特権, 恩恵を与える; 〖～ A to do〗 A〈人〉に…する特権を与える(→ privileged)
e.g. English inheritance law privileged the eldest son.
(usually be privileged from) exempt (someone) from a liability or obligation to which others are subject.
〖通例be ～d〗 【責任･義務などから】免除される «from»
ORIGIN
Middle English: via Old French from Latin privilegium ‘bill or law affecting an individual’, from privus ‘private’ + lex, leg- ‘law’.