Immunity ,
n.;
pl. Immunities . [L. immunitas, fr. immunis free from a public service; pref. im- not + munis complaisant, obliging, cf. munus service, duty: cf. F. immunité. See Common, and cf. Mean, 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.
1913 Webster
- Freedom; exemption; as, immunity from error.
1913 Webster
- The state of being insusceptible to disease, certain poisons, etc.
Webster 1913 Suppl.