DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diplomatic immunity mean? 

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

1. exemption from taxation or normal processes of law that is offered to diplomatic personnel in a foreign country

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Exemption from taxation or normal processes of law that is offered to diplomatic personnel in a foreign country

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

exemption; freedom (immunity from an obligation or duty)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)