immunity
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English immunite, from Old French immunité, from Latin immūnitās, in the legal sense; for the medical use see immunization.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ɪˈmjuːnəti/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editimmunity (countable and uncountable, plural immunities)
- (uncountable) The state of being insusceptible to something; notably:
- (medicine) Protective resistance against disease.
- Some people have better immunity to diseases than others.
- (law) An exemption from specified duties, such as payments or services.
- Feudal privileges often included tax and other immunities.
- (law) An exemption from prosecution.
- The prosecutor offered the lieutenant immunity for all the crimes he would testify having known to be planned by the elusive drug baron.
- (religion) An exemption from penance.
- 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXIX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 81:
- Nevertheless, his reason rebelled, and his sense of religion by no means allowed the justice of refusing the amiable, handsome, and wealthy Englishman, whom his sweet child preferred, and who was perfectly willing that the signora should enjoy all the liberty required by her conscience and her church, together with such sums as should, from time to time, purchase the prayers of the faithful, and all other immunities, so far as his fortune furnished the means.
- (in games and competitions) An exemption given to a player from losing or being withdrawn from play.
- After winning the last round the player was granted immunity which allowed him to stay in the game even after receiving the fewest points.
- (medicine) Protective resistance against disease.
- (countable) A resistance to a specific thing.
- Superbugs are bacteria that develop an immunity to antibiotics.
Synonyms
editAntonyms
editHyponyms
edit- (law): diplomatic immunity
Derived terms
edit- absolute immunity
- adaptive immunity
- alloimmunity
- autoimmunity
- cell-mediated immunity
- chemoimmunity
- community immunity
- crown immunity
- cytoimmunity
- derivative use immunity
- dysimmunity
- herd immunity
- heteroimmunity
- homoimmunity
- humoral immunity
- hybrid immunity
- hyperimmunity
- hypoimmunity
- immunifacient
- immunity gap
- immunize
- immuno-
- immunology
- innate immunity
- isoimmunity
- neuroimmunity
- nonimmunity
- passive immunity
- qualified immunity
- radioimmunity
- seroimmunity
- social immunity
- sovereign immunity
- superimmunity
- transactional immunity
- use immunity
Translations
editthe quality of being resistant to infection
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exemption from specified duties
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exemption from legal prosecution
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exemption given to a player
resistance to a specific thing
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