husband-wife privilege

Questions about husband-wife privilege

What is another word for husband-wife privilege?

It depends which husband-wife privilege you mean. In the sense “neither spouse can divulge confidential communications from the other while they were married”, the synonyms are marital communications privilege. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of husband-wife privilege?

WordNet records no antonym for husband-wife privilege. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for husband-wife privilege come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of husband-wife privilege

• Full entry for husband-wife privilegeAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for husband-wife privilegeWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.