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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

cognition, knowledge, noesis go
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

content, cognitive content, mental object go
the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

thought, idea go
the content of cognition

conception, concept, construct go
an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

abstraction, abstract go
a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance

right go
an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature

privilege
(law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship

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6 Subcategories

attorney-client privilege go
the right of a lawyer to refuse to divulge confidential information from his client
informer's privilege go
the right of the government to refuse to reveal the identity of an informer
journalist's privilege go
the right of a journalist to refuse to divulge sources of confidential information
marital communications privilege, husband-wife privilege go
neither spouse can divulge confidential communications from the other while they were married
physician-patient privilege go
the right of a physician to refuse to divulge confidential information from a patient without the consent of the patient
priest-penitent privilege go
the right of a clergyman to refuse to divulge confidential information received from a person during confession or similar exchanges