What is another word for privileges?

Pronunciation: [pɹˈɪvɪlɪd͡ʒɪz] (IPA)

The word "privileges" refers to special rights or advantages enjoyed by an individual or group. Synonyms for "privileges" include perks, benefits, advantages, entitlements, exemptions, immunities, dispensations, and prerogatives. Perks and benefits indicate extra benefits that are afforded to an individual in addition to what is customary. Entitlements denote the rights that an individual or group is entitled to by law or custom. Exemptions refer to situations where an individual is released from the usual obligations or rules. Immunities are special protections offered to individuals or groups from harm or liability. Dispensations refer to the special treatment or exemption given to someone from a rule or obligation. Prerogatives are special rights and privileges associated with a particular position or station in life.

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Usage examples for Privileges

He might not treat her as a servant or domestic, but must, even if he married another and probably a chief wife, continue to her all the rights and privileges of a wife.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
A wife may have rights and privileges in the eye of the law, but they avail her little on an island where no one of her own race save her husband's friends steps foot.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee
They seem inclined to admit that this is a somewhat exceptional case; in fact, they have granted me one or two privileges.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton

Famous quotes with Privileges

  • I oppose any attempt to grant homosexual unions the same legal privileges that civil government affords to traditional marriage and family life.
    Todd Akin
  • We are united in the hope that every individual will someday enjoy at least the intellectual privileges we have had, if not always the material advantages.
    Sidney Altman
  • The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.
    Benazir Bhutto
  • Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species.
    Thomas Carlyle
  • No government fights fascism to destroy it. When the bourgeoisie sees that power is slipping out of its hands, it brings up fascism to hold onto their privileges.
    Buenaventura Durruti

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