| Main Entry: | appanage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | endowment |
Synonyms: |
adjunct, perquisite, prerogative, privilege, right |
| Main Entry: | prerogative |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | right, privilege |
Synonyms: |
advantage, appanage, authority, birthright, choice, claim, droit, due, exemption, immunity, liberty, perquisite, sanction, title |
| Notes: | a privilege is a right that may be extended to a group or a number of people; a prerogative is a right that, customarily, is vested in a single person |
Antonyms: |
duty, obligation |
| Main Entry: | privilege |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | right, due |
Synonyms: |
advantage, allowance, appanage, appurtenance, authority, authorization, benefit, birthright, boon, chance, charter, claim, concession, entitlement, event, exemption, favor, franchise, freedom, grant, immunity, liberty, license, opportunity, perquisite, prerogative, right, sanction |
Antonyms: |
detriment, disadvantage |
| Main Entry: | right |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | privilege |
Synonyms: |
advantage, appanage, authority, benefit, birthright, business, claim, comeuppance, desert, deserving, due, exemption, favor, franchise, freedom, immunity, interest, liberty, license, merit, permission, perquisite, power, preference, prerogative, priority, title |
| Concept: | Right. |
| Category: | 1. Moral obligations |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
right; what ought to be, what should be; fitness; summum jus., justice, equity; equitableness; propriety; fair play, impartiality, measure for measure, give and take, lex talionis., Astraea, Nemesis, Themis., scales of justice, evenhanded justice, karma; suum cuique; clear stage, fair field and no favor., morals (duty); law; honor (probity); virtue.
-verbs
be right; stand to reason., see justice done, see one righted, see fair play; do justice to; recompense (reward); bold the scales even, give and take; serve one right, put the saddle on the right horse; give every one his due, give the devil his due; audire alteram partem., deserve (be entitled to).
-adjectives
right, good; just, reasonable; fit; equal, equable, equatable; evenhanded, fair., legitimate, justifiable, rightful; as it should be, as it ought to be; lawful (permitted), (legal) [more]. deserved [more].
-adverbs
rightly; au-bon droit, au bon droit, in justice, in equity, in reason., without distinction of persons, without regard to persons, without respect to persons; upon even terms.
-phrases
Dieu et mon droit; "in equal scale weighing delight and dole" [Hamlet]; justitia cuum cuique distribuit [Cicero]; justititiae soror incorrupta fides; justitia virtutem
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Antonyms: |
wrong |
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