prerogative
noun
1 prerogative
A right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right):
— Suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males.
synonyms: exclusive right, perquisite, privilege.
Roget 737:
authority;
influence,
patronage,
power,
preponderance,
credit,
prestige,
prerogative,
jurisdiction;
right
etc.
(title)
924;
direction
etc.
693;
government
etc.
737.1.
divine right,
dynastic rights,
authoritativeness;
absoluteness,
absolutism;
despotism;
jus nocendi [Lat.];
jus divinum [Lat.].
mastery,
mastership,
masterdom†;
dictation,
control.
hold,
grasp;
grip,
gripe;
reach;
iron sway
etc.
(severity)
739;
fangs,
clutches,
talons;
rod of empire
etc.
(scepter)
747.
[Vicarious authority]
commission
etc.
755;
deputy
etc.
759;
permission
etc.
760.
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Roget 924:
due,
dueness;
right,
privilege,
prerogative,
prescription,
title,
claim,
pretension,
demand,
birthright.
immunity,
license,
liberty,
franchise;
vested interest,
vested right.
sanction,
authority,
warranty,
charter;
warrant
etc.
(permission)
760;
constitution
etc.
(law)
963;
tenure;
bond
etc.
(security)
771.
claimant,
appellant;
plaintiff
etc.
938.
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Dutch: voorrecht, supplementair, exclusief recht, alleenrecht, monopolie
Moby thesaurus: absolute power, absolutism, accomplishment, advantage, appanage, appurtenance, ascendancy, authority, authorization, birthright, claim, competence, competency, conjugal right, constituted authority, deanship, delegated authority, demand, divine right, droit, due, excellence, exemption, faculty, favor, franchise, greatness, immunity, inalienable right, incomparability, indirect authority, inherent authority, inimitability, interest, jus divinum, lawful authority, lead, legal authority, legitimacy, liberty, majority, natural right, one-upmanship, perquisite, power, precedence, predominance, predomination, preeminence, preponderance, prepotence, prepotency, prescription, prestige, presumptive right, pretense, pretension, priority, privilege, proper claim, property right, regality, right, right-of-way, rightful authority, royal prerogative, sanction, seniority, skill, success, superiority, the say, the say-so, title, transcendence, transcendency, vested authority, vested interest, vested right, vicarious authority, virtuosity ... show more.
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