Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sovereign_immunity

1 sense of sovereign immunity

Sense 1
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")
       => exemption, immunity, granting immunity -- (an act exempting someone; "he was granted immunity from prosecution")