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GRANTING IMMUNITY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does granting immunity mean?

• GRANTING IMMUNITY (noun)
The noun GRANTING IMMUNITY has 1 sense:

1. an act exempting someone

Familiarity information: GRANTING IMMUNITY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GRANTING IMMUNITY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An act exempting someone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

granting immunity; exemption; immunity

Context example:

he was granted immunity from prosecution

Hypernyms ("granting immunity" is a kind of...):

discharge; release; waiver (a formal written statement of relinquishment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "granting immunity"):

fix (an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear)

official immunity (personal immunity accorded to a public official from liability to anyone injured by actions that are the consequence of exerting official authority)

sovereign immunity (an exemption that precludes bringing a suit against the sovereign government without the government's consent)

testimonial immunity; use immunity (an exemption that displaces the privilege against self-incrimination; neither compelled testimony or any fruits of it can be used against the witness who therefore can no longer fear self-incrimination)

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