Definition of immunity Immunity

/ɪmjuˈnʌti/ - [imyunutee] - im•mu•ni•ty

We found 19 definitions of immunity from 6 different sources.

What does immunity mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: immunities
immunity - (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
		resistance
		status, condition the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"
		medical specialty, medicine the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"
		immunogenicity the property of eliciting an immune response
		acquired immunity immunity to a particular disease that is not innate but has been acquired during life; immunity can be acquired by the development of antibodies after an attack of an infectious disease or by a pregnant mother passing antibodies through the placenta to a fetus or by vaccination
immunity - the quality of being unaffected by something; "immunity to criticism"
		invulnerability the property of being invulnerable; the property of being incapable of being hurt (physically or emotionally)
immunity - an act exempting someone; "he was granted immunity from prosecution"
		exemption, granting immunity
		waiver, discharge, release the act of discharging a gun
		fix an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear; "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers"
		official immunity personal immunity accorded to a public official from liability to anyone injured by actions that are the consequence of exerting official authority
		sovereign immunity an exemption that precludes bringing a suit against the sovereign government without the government's consent; "the doctrine of sovereign immunity originated with the maxim that the king can do no wrong"
immunity - the state of not being susceptible; "unsusceptibility to rust"
		unsusceptibility
		susceptibility, susceptibleness the state of being susceptible; easily affected
		status, condition the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"

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Wiktionary

immunity (Noun)
The state of being insusceptible to something; notably.
immunity (Noun)
Fully protective resistance against infection.
immunity (Noun)
Some people have better immunity to diseases than others.
immunity (Noun)
In law An exemption from specified duties, such as payments or services.
immunity (Noun)
Feudal privileges often included tax and other immunities.
immunity (Noun)
In law An exemption from prosecution.
immunity (Noun)
The prosecutor offered the lieutenant immunity for all the crimes he would testify having known to be planned by the elusive drug baron.
immunity (Noun)
In games and competitions An exemption given to a player from losing or being withdrawn from play.
immunity (Noun)
After winning the last round the player was granted immunity which allowed him to stay in the game even after receiving the least amount of points.
immunity (Noun)
A resistance to a specific thing.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

immunity (a.)
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.
immunity (a.)
Freedom; exemption; as, immunity from error.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

immunity
The ability of an organism to resist disease or toxins by natural or artificial means.

Wikipedia

Immunity is being able to keep from getting sick from a certain disease. All animals have some immunities, but not much is known about the immune abilities of animals that are not mammals. People can be immunised from some diseases by having a vaccination

(injection of some dead or weakened virus, or bacteria that causes the disease). By doing so, the body learns how the virus/bacteria harms the body, and will react more quickly to fight the virus/bacteria when it comes in contact with the virus/bacteria again. When your body has defended itself against the virus/bacteria it will trap the certain virus/bacteria in a "net" so when the virus/bacteria comes back it will be easier to trap those viruses/bacteria as well.