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.
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