'Immunities' definitions:

Definition of 'Immunities'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Freedom; exemption; as, immunity from error. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The state of being insusceptible to disease, certain poisons, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]