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Noun: immunity  i'myoo-ni-tee
  1. The state of not being susceptible
    "immunity to rust";
    - unsusceptibility
     
  2. (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
    - resistance
     
  3. The quality of being unaffected by something
    "immunity to criticism"
     
  4. An act exempting someone
    "he was granted immunity from prosecution";
    - exemption, granting immunity

Derived forms: immunities

Type of: condition, discharge, invulnerability, release, status, waiver

Antonym: susceptibility

Encyclopedia: Immunity, mucosal