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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMMU'NITY, n. [L. immuinitas, from immunis, free, exempt; in and munus,charge, office, duty.]
1. Freedom or exemption from obligation. To be exempted from observing the rites or duties of the church, is an immunity.
2. Exemption from any charge, duty, office, tax or imposition; a particular privilege; as the immunities of the free cities of Germany; the immunities of the clergy.
3. Freedom; as an immunity from error.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the state of not being susceptible; "unsusceptibility to rust" [syn: unsusceptibility, immunity] [ant: susceptibility, susceptibleness]
2: (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease [syn: immunity, resistance]
3: the quality of being unaffected by something; "immunity to criticism"
4: an act exempting someone; "he was granted immunity from prosecution" [syn: exemption, immunity, granting immunity]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -ties) Date: 14th century the quality or state of being immune; especially a condition of being able to resist a particular disease especially through preventing development of a pathogenic microorganism or by counteracting the effects of its products

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) 1 Med. the ability of an organism to resist infection, by means of the presence of circulating antibodies and white blood cells. 2 freedom or exemption from an obligation, penalty, or unfavourable circumstance. Etymology: ME f. L immunitas (as IMMUNE): sense 1 f. F immunité

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Immunity Im*mun"i*ty, n. The state of being insusceptible to poison, the contagion of disease, etc.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Immunity Im*mu"ni*ty, n.; pl. Immunities. [L. immunitas, fr. immunis free from a public service; pref. im- not + munis complaisant, obliging, cf. munus service, duty: cf. F. immunit['e]. See Common, and cf. Mean, a.] 1. 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. 2. Freedom; exemption; as, immunity from error.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see immune

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Freedom, exemption, release, exoneration. 2. Privilege, prerogative, right, liberty, charter, franchise.

Moby Thesaurus

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