(biology) The ability of certain sites of the body to tolerate the introduction of antigens without eliciting an inflammatory immune response.

(parliamentary procedure) a request that relates to matters of comfort, amplification, or safety of the assembled

(US) The right of the president of the United States and other members of the executive branch to maintain confidential communications and to resist certain subpoenas and other oversight.

(law) The exemption of a witness from court duty until summoned and compensated for their expense.

(sociology) The collective advantages that white people are granted and enjoy in a society, usually apart from demonstrable merit, as contrasted against the advantages (or lack thereof) of non-whites of the same society.

a boy born into a wealthy or powerful family, to be raised without the hardships experienced by the poor or the working class

plural of son of privilege

plural of absolute privilege

(law) A privilege given to lawmakers to prevent them from being sued for libel or slander due to statements made on the floor, regardless of whether they were made in good faith.

A Christian doctrine, interpreted among Catholics and some Protestants as allowing the dissolution of a marriage between two non-baptized persons in the case that one (but not both) of the partners seeks baptism and converts to Christianity and the other partner leaves the marriage.