prerogative

[pri-rog-uh-tiv, puh-rog-] / prɪˈrɒg ə tɪv, pəˈrɒg- /

NOUN

right, privilege

Synonyms

STRONGEST

immunity perquisite

STRONG

advantage appanage authority birthright choice claim due exemption liberty sanction title

WEAK

droit

Antonyms

WEAK

duty obligation

Example Sentences

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And so, amid the laughter gay, Trotted my hero off,—old Tray,— Till somebody, prerogatived With reason, reasoned: 'Why he dived, His brain would show us, I should say.

From Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning by Clarke, Helen Archibald

“And so, amid the laughter gay, Trotted my hero off,—old Tray,— Till somebody, prerogatived With reason, reasoned: ‘Why he dived, His brain would show us, I should say.

From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)

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