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1Immunity — • An exemption from a legal obligation (munus), imposed on a person or his property by law, custom, or the order of a superior Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Immunity Immunity …
2immunity — UK US /ɪˈmjuːnəti/ noun [U] ► LAW official protection from legal action, for example, not being judged in a court or punished for a crime: grant/give sb immunity »Taken before a federal judge, he was granted immunity but ordered to testify or… …
3granted amnesty — granted immunity, pardoned, acquitted …
4immunity — noun 1 protection against disease ADJECTIVE ▪ strong ▪ acquired, natural ▪ impaired ▪ lifelong ▪ Infection usually confers lifelon …
5immunity — Exemption, as from serving in an office, or performing duties which the law generally requires other citizens to perform; e.g. exemption from paying taxes. Freedom or exemption from penalty, burden, or duty. Special privilege. See also exemption… …
6immunity — Exemption, as from serving in an office, or performing duties which the law generally requires other citizens to perform; e.g. exemption from paying taxes. Freedom or exemption from penalty, burden, or duty. Special privilege. See also exemption… …
7immunity — UK [ɪˈmjuːnətɪ] / US [ɪˈmjunətɪ] noun Word forms immunity : singular immunity plural immunities 1) [countable/uncountable] a situation in which someone is not affected by something such as a law because they have a special job or position… …
8immunity — im|mu|ni|ty [ ı mjunəti ] noun 1. ) count or uncount a situation in which someone is not affected by something such as a law because they have a special job or position: immunity from: immunity from prosecution grant someone immunity: They would… …
9immunity — im|mu|ni|ty [ıˈmju:nıti] n [U] 1.) the state or right of being protected from particular laws or from unpleasant things immunity from ▪ They were granted immunity from prosecution. 2.) the state of being immune to a disease immunity to ▪ immunity …
10immunity, impunity — These look alikes mean exemption, but immunity has a larger number of applications. Impunity means only exemption from punishment or freedom from unpleasant consequences : You cannot disobey the law with impunity. No one can exhaust himself… …
