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granting immunity

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Noun1.granting immunity - an act exempting someone; "he was granted immunity from prosecution"
exemption, immunity
waiver, discharge, release - a formal written statement of relinquishment
fix - an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear; "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers"
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; "the doctrine of sovereign immunity originated with the maxim that the king can do no wrong"
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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Companies will also be forced to recalculate their past incomes, with the government granting immunity on all reporting discrepancies by imposing a flat back-tax of 1 percent, which we see as a very fair compromise.
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July 4, 2009 (KHARTOUM) -- The Sudanese government lauded the African Union (AU) resolution granting immunity to president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir from arrest in the continent.
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Prior to this incident, and a few days before the Coalition Provisional Authority handed Iraq's sovereignty back to Iraqis in 2004, Paul Bremer, the top US administrator in Iraq, issued a decree granting immunity to all US soldiers from Iraqi law.
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