Word Meanings - MUNITY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Freedom; security; immunity. W. Montagu.
Related words: (words related to MUNITY)
- SECURITY
1. The condition or quality of being secure; secureness. Specifically: Freedom from apprehension, anxiety, or care; confidence of power of safety; hence, assurance; certainty. His trembling hand had lost the ease, Which marks security to please. - IMMUNITY
free from a public service; pref. im- not + munis complaisant, obliging, cf. munus service, duty: cf. F. immunité. See Common, and 1. Freedom or exemption from any charge, duty, obligation, office, tax, imposition, penalty, or service; - FREEDOM
1. The state of being free; exemption from the power and control of another; liberty; independence. Made captive, yet deserving freedom more. Milton. 2. Privileges; franchises; immunities. Your charter and your caty's freedom. Shak. 3. Exemption - BEAUMONTAGUE
A cement used in making joints, filling cracks, etc. For iron, the principal constituents are iron borings and sal ammoniac; for wood, white lead or litharge, whiting, and linseed oil. - ENFREEDOM
To set free. Shak. - INSECURITY
1. The condition or quality of being insecure; want of safety; danger; hazard; as, the insecurity of a building liable to fire; insecurity of a debt. 2. The state of feeling insecure; uncertainty; want of confidence. With what insecurity of truth