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The synonyms of “Prerogative” are: exclusive right, perquisite, privilege, entitlement, right, advantage, due, birthright
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “prerogative” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| advantage | The quality of having a superior or more favorable position. It turned out to my advantage. |
| birthright | A right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth. Free public education is the birthright of every American child. |
| due | A payment that is due e g as the price of membership. The society dropped him for non payment of dues. |
| entitlement | The fact of having a right to something. Her annual leave entitlement. |
| exclusive right | A news report that is reported first by one news organization. |
| perquisite | A benefit which one enjoys or is entitled to on account of one’s job or position. The perquisites of celebrity are intoxicating. |
| privilege | A grant to an individual, corporation, or place of special rights or immunities, especially in the form of a franchise or monopoly. He called on MPs not to abuse their privilege. |
| right | Location near or direction toward the right side i e the side to the south when a person or object faces east. Take a right at the corner. |
| abstention | The trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol. A resolution passed by 126 votes to none with six abstentions. |
| advantage | Give an advantage to. The experience gave him the advantage over me. |
| advocate | A person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea. Solicitors may act as advocates in Crown Courts. |
| benefic | Beneficent or kindly. A benefic force. |
| beneficence | The quality of being kind or helpful or generous. |
| benefit | Derive a benefit from. For the benefit of all. |
| benevolence | Disposition to do good. |
| benignity | A kind act. His air of benignity. |
| bounteous | Generously given or giving; bountiful. The bounteous goodness of God. |
| clemency | Leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice. An appeal for clemency. |
| compassion | The humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it. The victims should be treated with compassion. |
| exemption | A deduction allowed to a taxpayer because of his status (having certain dependents or being blind or being over 65 etc. Vehicles that may qualify for exemption from tax. |
| favour | An inclination to approve. He favours his sore leg. |
| forgiveness | Compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive. She is quick to ask forgiveness when she has overstepped the line. |
| fund | Accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability. The World Bank refused to fund the project. |
| gerrymander | Achieve a result by gerrymandering. An attempt to gerrymander the election result. |
| humane | (of a branch of learning) intended to have a civilizing effect on people. Regulations ensuring the humane treatment of animals. |
| humanitarianism | The doctrine that people’s duty is to promote human welfare. A contribution made in the spirit of humanitarianism. |
| leniency | The fact or quality of being more merciful or tolerant than expected; clemency. The court could show leniency. |
| mercy | (especially of a journey or mission) performed out of a desire to relieve suffering. It was a mercy we got out alive. |
| mildness | Lack of severity. Even in the pulpit there are moments when mildness of manner is not enough. |
| partisan | A fervent and even militant proponent of something. The partisans opened fire from the woods. |
| perquisite | A right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right. The perquisites of celebrity are intoxicating. |
| prefer | Give preference to one creditor over another. He was eventually preferred to the bishopric of Durham. |
| privilege | Grant a privilege or privileges to. I had the privilege of giving the Sir George Brown memorial lecture. |
| pro | An argument in favor of a proposal. A tennis pro. |
| qualify | Attribute a specified quality to something; describe something as. She felt obliged to qualify her first short answer. |
| reconciliation | The restoration of friendly relations. The reconciliation of his checkbook and the bank statement. |
| reward | Bestow honor or rewards upon. The police are offering a reward of up to one thousand pounds for information leading to an arrest and conviction. |
| sympathy | A relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other. The special sympathy between the two boys was obvious to all. |
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