[
  {
    "word": "privilege",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8p\u0279\u026av(\u026a)l\u026ad\u0292/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8p\u0279\u026av(\u026a)l\u026ad\u0292/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/privilege-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2100831",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "(ecclesiastical law) An exemption from certain laws granted by the Pope.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A particular benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity enjoyed by some but not others; a prerogative, preferential treatment.",
            "synonyms": [
              "franchise",
              "freelage",
              "immunity",
              "prerogative",
              "right"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "All first-year professors here must teach four courses a term, yet you're only teaching one! What entitled you to such a privilege?"
          },
          {
            "definition": "An especially rare or fortunate opportunity; the good fortune (to do something).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The fact of being privileged; the status or existence of (now especially social or economic) benefit or advantage within a given society.",
            "synonyms": [
              "advantage",
              "foredeal"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A right or immunity enjoyed by a legislative body or its members.",
            "synonyms": [
              "immunity"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A stock market option.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A common law doctrine that protects certain communications from being used as evidence in court.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Your honor, my client is not required to answer that; her response is protected by attorney-client privilege."
          },
          {
            "definition": "An ability to perform an action on the system that can be selectively granted or denied to users.",
            "synonyms": [
              "permission"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "advantage",
          "foredeal",
          "claim",
          "liberty",
          "franchise",
          "freelage",
          "immunity",
          "prerogative",
          "right",
          "immunity",
          "permission"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to privilege representatives from arrest"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/privilege"
    ]
  }
]