immunity
/ɪˈmjuːnəti/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.91 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Some people have better immunity to diseases than others."
- "Feudal privileges often included tax and other immunities."
- "The prosecutor offered the lieutenant immunity for all the crimes he would testify having known to be planned by the elusive drug baron."
- "Nevertheless, his reason rebelled, and his sense of religion by no means allowed the justice of refusing the amiable, handsome, and wealthy Englishman, whom his sweet child preferred, and who was perfectly willing that the signora should enjoy all the liberty required by her conscience and her church, together with such sums as should, from time to time, purchase the prayers of the faithful, and all other immunities, so far as his fortune furnished the means."
- "After winning the last round the player was granted immunity which allowed him to stay in the game even after receiving the fewest points."
- "Superbugs are bacteria that develop an immunity to antibiotics."
Etymology
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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Phrases
absolute immunity
adaptive immunity
cell-mediated immunity
community immunity
crown immunity
derivative use immunity
herd immunity
humoral immunity