Privilege

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun ·see Call, Put, Spread, ·etc.

II. Privilege ·vt To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to Exempt; to Deliver.

III. Privilege ·vt To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to Authorize; as, to privilege representatives from arrest.

IV. Privilege ·noun A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil or burden; a prerogative; advantage; franchise.