Meaning

6 senses
  1. The state of being insusceptible to something; notably:

    (countable, uncountable)Protective resistance against disease.

    Some people have better immunity to diseases than others.

    Immunität

    иммуните́тimmunitét

  2. (countable, uncountable)An exemption from specified duties, such as payments or services.

    Feudal privileges often included tax and other immunities.

    Freistellung

    освобожде́ниеosvoboždénije

  3. (countable, uncountable)An exemption from prosecution.

    The prosecutor offered the lieutenant immunity for all the crimes he would testify having known to be planned by the elusive drug baron.

    Immunität

    неприкоснове́нностьneprikosnovénnostʹ, иммуните́тimmunitét

    недоторканністьnedotorkannistʹ, імунітетimunitet

  4. (countable, uncountable)An exemption from penance.

  5. (countable, uncountable)An exemption given to a player from losing or being withdrawn from play.

    After winning the last round the player was granted immunity which allowed him to stay in the game even after receiving the fewest points.

  6. (countable)A resistance to a specific thing.

    Superbugs are bacteria that develop an immunity to antibiotics.

    Immunität

    иммуните́тimmunitét

More definitions
  • the quality of being unaffected by something
  • (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
  • an act exempting someone
  • the state of not being susceptible

Examples

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  1. Tom has diplomatic immunity.

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  2. I have immunity.

    ruУ меня иммунитет.

    deIch bin immun.

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  3. Tom has immunity.

    ruУ Тома иммунитет.

    deTom hat Immunität.

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  4. Parliamentary immunity is a controversial issue.

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  5. He developed immunity to the virus.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
exemption from legal prosecution:
Русский
By meaning 3
the quality of being resistant to infection:
exemption from specified duties:
exemption from legal prosecution:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the quality of being resistant to infection:
exemption from specified duties:

Origin

From Middle English immunite, from Old French immunité, from Latin immūnitās, in the legal

From Middle English immunite, from Old French immunité, from Latin immūnitās, in the legal sense; for the medical use see immunization. Equivalent to immune + -ity. Displaced native Old English frēols (“privilege, immunity”).

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