Synonyms for entitlement
ɛnˈtaɪ tl mənten·ti·tle·ment

Princeton's WordNet

1. entitlementnoun

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

   "entitlements make up the major part of the federal budget"

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1. • Claim
   • Law

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1. List of paraphrases for "entitlement":

   remittance, eligibility, right, law, payment, remitting, rights, eligible, entitlements, admissibility, disbursement, droit

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1. Judge Olu Stevens:

   History will unfavorably judge a prosecutor who loses a jury trial in which a black man is acquitted and then appeals the matter claiming his entitlement to an all white jury panel.

2. Jacob Ellenhorn:

   Student government is not a job. It is a place you go to volunteer your time and make your campus a better place, this sense of entitlement to a salary breeds corruption, disguised as social justice.

3. Foto AP/Chris Pizzello:

   In some ways, what Smith did represents simply the entitlement of any badly behaved Hollywood megastar. He was able to walk up onstage, slap Rock, … return to his seat, curse … — all before receiving a standing ovation after winning the Oscar, white people … certainly saw when Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock across the face.

4. Maya MacGuineas:

   At the same time, it is both unfortunate and disappointing that he has also proposed large tax cuts that would cost more than these entitlement reforms will save, still, today's plan represents a tremendously important starting point for a real debate on the future of Social Security and Medicare.

5. Kavita Krishnan:

   I won't say that this is something kind of unique to India but of course it's a huge problem because I think the question here is the sense of entitlement and impunity that is conferred not only by a masculinist culture but also by political economy and, you know, the whole structures of power, i squarely hold the government of India responsible, the ruling party responsible for creating an Islamophobia and anti-Dalit climate that justifies acts of sexual violence and other forms of violence against these minorities.