immunity

Noun
Synonyms: unsusceptibilityresistanceexemptiongranting immunity

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

  1. the state of not being susceptible“unsusceptibility to rust”Synonyms: unsusceptibility
  2. (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist diseaseSynonyms: resistance
  3. the quality of being unaffected by something“immunity to criticism”
  4. an act exempting someone“he was granted immunity from prosecution”Synonyms: exemptiongranting immunity
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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.]

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