n. a special benefit, exemption from a duty, or immunity from pen...

A user’s right to perform a specific action on a specific entity type or to perform a task. Privileges are assigned by system administrators to security roles. Users are then assigned security roles. [..]

The experience of freedoms, rights, benefits, advantages, access and/or opportunities afforded some people because of their group membership or social context.

The level of trust with which a system object is imbued.

  the immunity of Parliament and its powers to protect the integrity of its processes

Privilege relates to the rights of members of Congress and to relative priority of the motions and actions they may make in their respective chambers. The two are distinct. "Privileged questi [..]

early 14c., privilegen, "to invest with a privilege," from privilege (n.) and from Old French privilegier (13c.), from Medieval Latin privilegare, from Latin privilegium. Related: Privileged [..]

mid-12c. "grant, commission" (recorded earlier in Old English, but as a Latin word), from Old French privilege "right, priority, privilege" (12c.) and directly from Latin privilegi [..]

benefit or special right.

the immunity of the houses of Parliament and their powers to protect the integrity of their processes

A security attribute that does not have the property of uniqueness and which may be shared by many principals. An example of a privilege is a group.

A special benefit, exemption from a duty, or immunity from penalty, given to a particular person, a group, or a class of people.

a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all bestow a privilege upon prerogative: a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official rig [..]

n. A right or immunity not enjoyed by all, or that may be enjoyed only under special conditions.

The ability to exercise a controlled or restricted service [POSIX.6].

Unearned power, benefits, advantages, access and/or opportunities that provide unfair advantage for members of the dominant group(s) in society. People are not always aware of the privileges they have [..]

Definition A special right.

Particularly in the medical realm, the information relating to care, treatment and diagnoses directed by a professional in treatment of a patient. As in: "privileged information" or doctor-p [..]

Possession by a publisher/printer of a license granted by a governing authority or agency to publish ("make public") a specific work. Notice of formal permission may be printed in the public [..]

[Latin privilegium law affecting a specific person, special right, from privus private + leg- lex law] 1 : a right, license, or exemption from duty or liability granted as a special benefit, ...

A right or immunity granted as a peculiar benefit advantage.

An authorization or right granted by an application authority for an individual or group to perform an action.

The areas of legal protection or immunity vested by legislation in the Parliament, its members, or officials.

A right that only some people have access or availability to because of their social group memberships (dominants). Because hierarchies of privilege exist, even within the same group, people who are part of the group in power (white/Caucasian people with respect to people of color, men with respect to women, heterosexuals with respect to homosexual [..]

Protects your right to publish court testimony, police reports or other public documents, even if they contain falsehoods. This is because the public has the privilege to review the contents of govern [..]

A defense against libel that claims the right to repeat what government officials say or do in their official capacities.

An Applet or JWS (Java Web Start) application, you need special privilege to do dangerous operations such as file i/o, talking to servers other than the one loaded from and poking the clipboard. You n [..]

An unearned advantage that works to systematically over empower certain groups in our society. A right that only some people have access or availability to because of their social group memberships. Because hierarchies of privilege exist, even within the same group, people who are part of the group in power (white/Caucasian people with respect to p [..]

Those rights and immunities enjoyed by the House as a collectivity and by each Member individually, without which Members could not carry out their duties and the House could not fulfill its functions [..]

(n) a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all(n) a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)(n) (law) the right to refu [..]

A right, power, or immunity held by a person or class beyond the course of law, such as the privilege against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment.

  Privilege is the term used throughout most (if not all) applications and systems to denote the level of operator permission, or authority. Privilege can be established at the file or folder (directory) level and can allow (say) Read only access, but prevent changes. Privileges can also refer to the extent to which a user is permitted to enter and [..]

The level of trust with which a system object is imbued.

advantage or preferential treatment.

Those Rights or activities which are specific to members of the institution's Medical Staff, including the right to admit private Patients.

Unearned power that gives certain groups economic, social and political advantages in society. Privilege operates on personal, interpersonal, cultural, and institutional levels and gives advantages, f [..]

A system of unearned freedoms, rights, benefits, advantages, and access afforded members of the dominant group in a society. This is usually taken for granted by individuals as they are taught not to [..]

A system of advantage gained through another's disadvantage (McIntosh, 1980, 1988). Unearned privilege is accrued through an accident of birth or luck, being part of a privileged group. The myth of meritocracy sometimes makes it seem as if the advantage or privilege has been earned. For example, white privilege is "an invisible package of [..]

Privilege refers to an unearned advantage that accompanies a person’s perceived status and/or perceived membership in identified groups. A right that only some people have access or availability to be [..]

Unearned social power accorded by the formal and informal institutions of society to ALL members of a dominant group (e.g. white privilege, male privilege, etc.). Privilege is usually invisible to tho [..]

 unearned power, benefits, advantages, access and/or opportunities that exist for members of the dominant group(s) in society. Can also refer to the relative privilege of one group compared to another [..]

a set of unearned benefits given to people who fit into a specific social group.  The concept has roots in WEB DuBois’ work on “psychological wage” and white people’s feelings of superiority over Blac [..]

Privilege, in the context of computer security, is the concept of only allowing users to do certain things. For example, an ordinary user is typically prevented from changing operating system files, w [..]

A legal rule that says confidential information that you have given to or received from your lawyer cannot be used in court.

A right granted to an individual, a program, or a process.

Refers to the social, economic and political advantages and power held by people from dominant groups on the basis of attributes such as gender, race, sexual orientation, and social class. (QMUNITY)

the sum of the advantages (or lack of disadvantages) that a person or group has, regardless of whether those advantages are innate, legitimately earned, or illegitimately taken.

n. "privilege," s.v. privilege sb. OED. KEY: privilege@n

n 1 privilege 1

A special entitlement or immunity granted by a government or other authority to a restricted group, either by birth or on a conditional basis. Example: Attorney-client Privilege or Legal Professional Privilege.

Refers to the confidential nature of the advice of a …

Privilege means, in the context of ADS 541, that the Executive Branch of the Federal Government is extending the opportunity to its employees to use government property for personal use in an effort t [..]

The benefits and opportunities that come with status positions.

A user account setting that grants users access to perform a specific action in RO. Each action in RO is associated with an individual access privilege.

"is a set of unearned benefits given to people who fit into a specific social group. Society grants privilege to people because of certain aspects of their identity. Aspects of a person’s identit [..]

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a right, license or exemption from duty or liability granted as a special benefit, advantage or favor

A special right, advantage or immunity granted, or only available to, a particular person or group (Oxford Dictionary). In particular, privilege refers to the invisible advantages rooted within our pr [..]