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privileged |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Privilege \Priv"i*lege\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Privileged}; p. pr & vb n. {Privileging}.] [Cf. F. privil['e]gier.] 1. To grant some particular right or exemption to to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize; as to privilege representatives from arrest. To privilege dishonor in thy name --Shak. 2. To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver. He took this place for sanctuary, And it shall privilege him from your hands. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Privileged \Priv"i*leged\, a. Invested with a privilege; enjoying a peculiar right advantage, or immunity. {Privileged communication}. (Law) a A communication which can not be disclosed without the consent of the party making it -- such as those made by a client to his legal adviser, or by persons to their religious or medical advisers. b A communication which does not expose the party making it to indictment for libel, -- such as those made by persons communicating confidentially with a government, persons consulted confidentially as to the character of servants, etc {Privileged debts} (Law), those to which a preference in payment is given out of the estate of a deceased person, or out of the estate of an insolvent. --Wharton. --Burrill. {Privileged witnesses} (Law) witnesses who are not obliged to testify as to certain things as lawyers in relation to their dealings with their clients, and officers of state as to state secrets; also by statute, clergymen and physicans are placed in the same category, so far as concerns information received by them professionally. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: privileged adj 1: blessed with privileges; "the privileged few" [ant: {underprivileged}] 2: not subject to usual rules or penalties; "a privileged statement" 3: confined to an exclusive or group "privy to inner knowledge"; "inside information"; privileged information" [syn: {inside}, {inner}]
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