entitlement āļāļ·āļāļāļ°āđāļĢ entitlement āļāļ·āļāļāļ°āđāļĢ The act or process of entitling.The state of being entitled.A government program that guarantees and provides benefits to a particular group: "fights . . . to preserve victories won a generation ago, like the Medicaid entitlement for the poorâ ( Jason DeParle).