immunity

4 definitions • 5 examples

a situation in which you are protected against disease or from legal action:

immunity against The vaccination gives you immunity against the disease for up to six months.

immunity from He was granted immunity from prosecution because he confessed the names of the other spies.

protection against a particular disease or illness by particular substances in the blood

law Immunity is also the condition of being protected from the law:

Rowe was promised immunity from prosecution if he cooperated.

official protection from legal action, for example, not being judged in a court or punished for a crime:

grant/give sb immunity Taken before a federal judge, he was granted immunity but ordered to testify or face punishment for contempt.

legal/judicial/diplomatic immunity