PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR Synonyms

• the power or right to give orders or make decisions

• (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others

• an expert whose views are taken as definitive

• freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities

• an administrative unit of government

• official permission or approval

• an authoritative written work

• financial assistance in time of need

• something that aids or promotes well-being

• a performance to raise money for a charitable cause

• derive a benefit from

• be beneficial for

• the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant

• right granted by law or contract (especially a right to benefits)

• the state of not being susceptible

• (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease

• the quality of being unaffected by something

• an act exempting someone

• immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence

• freedom of choice

• personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression

• leave granted to a sailor or naval officer

• an act of undue intimacy

• a legal document giving official permission to do something

• freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)

• excessive freedom; lack of due restraint

• the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

• authorize officially

• approval to do something

• the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

• a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)

• being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north

• free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth

• in conformance with justice or law or morality

• correct in opinion or judgment

• of or belonging to the political or intellectual right

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

• location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east

• the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right

• those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged

• the hand that is on the right side of the body

• a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east

• anything in accord with principles of justice

• (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing

• precisely, exactly

• immediately

• completely

• toward or on the right; also used figuratively

• in the right manner; correctly; suitably

• an interjection expressing agreement; Yes, you are indeed correct

• (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree

• to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; Completely or entirely

• in accordance with moral or social standards

• in an accurate manner

• socially right or correct

• appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs

• in or into a satisfactory condition

• intended for the right hand

• in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure

• having the axis perpendicular to the base

• (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward

• (informal) very; used informally as an intensifier

• most suitable or right for a particular purpose

• precisely accurate

• make reparations or amends for

• put in or restore to an upright position

• regain an upright or proper position

• make right or correct