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NOUN (4)

1. the state of not being susceptible;
- Example: "unsusceptibility to rust"
[syn: unsusceptibility, immunity]

2. (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease;
[syn: immunity, resistance]

3. the quality of being unaffected by something;
- Example: "immunity to criticism"

4. an act exempting someone;
- Example: "he was granted immunity from prosecution"
[syn: exemption, immunity, granting immunity]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Immunity \Im*mu"ni*ty\, n.; pl. Immunities. [L. immunitas, fr. immunis free from a public service; pref. im- not + munis complaisant, obliging, cf. munus service, duty: cf. F. immunit['e]. See Common, and cf. Mean, a.] 1. Freedom or exemption from any charge, duty, obligation, office, tax, imposition, penalty, or service; a particular privilege; as, the immunities of the free cities of Germany; the immunities of the clergy. [1913 Webster] 2. Freedom; exemption; as, immunity from error. [1913 Webster] 3. The state of being insusceptible to disease, certain poisons, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

immunity n 1: the state of not being susceptible; "unsusceptibility to rust" [syn: unsusceptibility, immunity] [ant: susceptibility, susceptibleness] 2: (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease [syn: immunity, resistance] 3: the quality of being unaffected by something; "immunity to criticism" 4: an act exempting someone; "he was granted immunity from prosecution" [syn: exemption, immunity, granting immunity]