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Definitions for: Immunity
[n] an act exempting someone; "he was granted immunity from prosecution"
[n] the quality of being unaffected by something; "immunity to criticism"
[n] the state of not being susceptible; "unsusceptibility to rust"
[n] (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
2. Freedom; exemption; as, immunity from error.
Im*mun"i*ty, n.
The state of being insusceptible to poison, the contagion of
disease, etc.
Synonyms: exemption, granting immunity, resistance, unsusceptibility
Antonyms: susceptibility, susceptibleness
See Also: acquired immunity, condition, discharge, exemption, fix, freedom, innate immunity, invulnerability, natural immunity, release, status, waiver
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