HUSBAND-WIFE PRIVILEGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does husband-wife privilege mean? 

• HUSBAND-WIFE PRIVILEGE (noun)
  The noun HUSBAND-WIFE PRIVILEGE has 1 sense:

1. neither spouse can divulge confidential communications from the other while they were married

  Familiarity information: HUSBAND-WIFE PRIVILEGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUSBAND-WIFE PRIVILEGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Neither spouse can divulge confidential communications from the other while they were married

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

husband-wife privilege; marital communications privilege

Hypernyms ("husband-wife privilege" is a kind of...):

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