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      privileges
      noun
      (countable) A particular benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity enjoyed by some but not others; a prerogative, preferential treatment.
      (uncountable) The fact of being privileged; the status or existence of (now especially social or economic) benefit or advantage within a given society.
      An especially rare or fortunate opportunity; the good fortune (to do something).
      (computing) An ability to perform an action on the system that can be selectively granted or denied to users.
      A right or immunity enjoyed by a legislative body or its members.
      (law) A common law doctrine that protects certain communications from being used as evidence in court.
      (ecclesiastical law, now chiefly historical) An exemption from certain laws granted by the Pope.
      (countable, US, finance, now rare) A stock market option.
      verb
      (transitive) To prioritize.
      (archaic, transitive) To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize
      (archaic) To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver.
      Roots
      privusprivi- · Latin · one's own, separatelex-leg · Latin · law
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      The word privileges breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: privi-, from Latin privus (“one's own, separate”); and -leg, from Latin lex (“law”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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