immunity

Plural: immunities

Noun

• The state of being protected from a disease or obligation.
• the state of not being susceptible
• (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
• the quality of being unaffected by something
  • "immunity to criticism"
• an act exempting someone
  • "he was granted immunity from prosecution"
• The state of being insusceptible to something; notably:
• Protective resistance against disease.
• The state of being insusceptible to something; notably:
• An exemption from specified duties, such as payments or services.
• The state of being insusceptible to something; notably:
• An exemption from prosecution.
• The state of being insusceptible to something; notably:
• An exemption from penance.
• The state of being insusceptible to something; notably:
• An exemption given to a player from losing or being withdrawn from play.
• A resistance to a specific thing.

Examples

• After winning the last round the player was granted immunity which allowed him to stay in the game even after receiving the fewest points.
• Feudal privileges often included tax and other immunities.
• His strong opening gave him an immunity to his opponent’s later high-scoring plays.
• Some people have better immunity to diseases than others.
• Superbugs are bacteria that develop an immunity to antibiotics.
• The prosecutor offered the lieutenant immunity for all the crimes he would testify having known to be planned by the elusive drug baron.

Synonyms

exemption, granting immunity, resistance, unsusceptibility, free pass, get out of jail free card

Antonyms

susceptibility