English Dictionary: immunity | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for immunity | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Immunity \Im*mun"i*ty\, n. The state of being insusceptible to poison, the contagion of disease, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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[82]. 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. |