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Meaning of 'immunity' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Immunity [ a.]
- Freedom or exemption from any charge, duty, obligation, office, tax, imposition, penalty, or service; a particular privilege; as, the immunities of the free cities of Germany; the immunities of the clergy.
- Freedom; exemption; as, immunity from error.

Meaning of 'immunity' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . immunity [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an act exempting someone
Example in sentence:
  • he was granted immunity from prosecution
Meaning (2):
- the quality of being unaffected by something
Example in sentence:
  • immunity to criticism
Meaning (3):
- the state of not being susceptible
Example in sentence:
  • unsusceptibility to rust

Nearby Words:

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