immunity
n. C / Un. the ability of your body to fight off a specific infection or disease. It can also mean being officially protected from certain rules or punishments.
n. the physiological state of being resistant to a specific pathogen or toxin; also, a legal exemption from a duty, liability, or prosecution.
Vaccines help your body build immunity against dangerous viruses.
The diplomat claimed diplomatic immunity to avoid paying the parking fines he received while working abroad.
While natural immunity provides robust protection following an initial infection, the duration of such resistance varies significantly across different viral strains and individual immune responses.
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.
Uncountable when referring to the general state of protection; countable when referring to specific types or legal exemptions.
immunity from the fluimmunity to the fluIn a medical context, use 'to' for the disease; 'from' is typically reserved for legal or formal exemptions like 'immunity from prosecution'.