prerogative

Definition

  • noun: a right or privilege
  • noun: an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege
  • often + 'of'
  • synonyms: privilege, right, precedence

Examples

  • If you'd rather sell the tickets than use them, that's your 'prerogative'.

  • presidential 'prerogatives' [=the rights or privileges a president has]

  • It's a writer's 'prerogative' to decide the fate of her characters.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) in the world I trust. Except my brother. The brother who killed my father? That's the one. Perhaps I will have you killed after all. Your queenly prerogative. I had given up on life until Varys convinced me you might be worth living for. If you chop off my head, well, my final days I'm not (..)
    2015 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: Hardhome Season: 5 Episode 8