Immunity : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Immunity	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Immunity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
immunity n the state of not being susceptible; "unsusceptibility to rust" Synonym(s): unsusceptibility, immunity Antonym(s): susceptibility, susceptibleness (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease Synonym(s): immunity, resistance the quality of being unaffected by something; "immunity to criticism" an act exempting someone; "he was granted immunity from prosecution" Synonym(s): exemption, immunity, granting immunity
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Immunity \Immun"ity\, n. The state of being insusceptible to poison, the contagion of disease, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Immunity \Immu"nity\, 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[82]. 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.