An
entitlement is a government program guaranteeing access to some benefit by members of a specific group and based on established
rights or by
legislation. The term may also reflect a pejorative connotation, as in a "sense of entitlement". A "right" is itself an entitlement associated with a moral or social
principle, such that an "entitlement" is a
provision made in accordance with a
legal framework of a society. Typically, entitlements are based on concepts of
principle ("rights") which are themselves based in concepts of
social equality or
enfranchisement.