Immunity Definition
ĭ-myo͝onĭ-tē
immunities
noun
immunities
The quality or condition of being immune.
American Heritage
Resistance to or protection against a specified disease; power to resist infection, esp. as a result of antibody formation.
Webster's New World
Exemption or freedom from something burdensome or otherwise unpleasant; specif., legal exemption as from criminal prosecution or civil suit.
A foreign ambassador with diplomatic immunity.
Webster's New World
Exemption from certain generally applicable requirements of law or from certain liabilities, granted to special groups of people to facilitate the performance of their public functions.
Diplomatic immunity; judicial immunity.
American Heritage
Exemption from being sued.
Sovereign immunity; charitable immunity.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Immunity
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immunityPlural:
immunitiesOrigin of Immunity
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From Old French immunité, from Latin immunitas, in the legal sense; for the medical use see immunization.
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