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immunity
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[ɪˈmjuːnɪti], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the state or quality of being resistant to a particular infectious disease or pathogen
(e.g: immunity to typhoid seems to have increased spontaneously)
- protection or exemption from something, especially an obligation or penalty
(e.g: the rebels were given immunity from prosecution)
Phrases:
Origin
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late Middle English: in the sense ‘exemption (from a liability’): from Latin immunitas, from immunis (see immune)
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