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Definition of immunity:

  • (noun) the state of not being susceptible;
  • (noun) (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
  • (noun) the quality of being unaffected by something; "immunity to criticism"
  • (noun) an act exempting someone; "he was granted immunity from prosecution"

Sentence Examples:

We should only be taking over the difficulties of the enemy in respect of his exposed positions, while he would escape from these difficulties and obtain an immunity from observation nearly as great as that which we now possessed.

Through all this the pioneers found comfort in the thought that their own suffering was the price of immunity from similar hardships their friends at home, in following their trail, would otherwise have had to pay.

Nor would she accept the immunity tacitly allowed her.

Here the immunities do not proceed from, but they are granted to, the government, being, in other words, concessions of natural rights made by the people to the state, for the benefits of social protection.

We gave our word to the French that he should have complete protection and immunity.

His honor's but an immunity from worth, and his nobility a dispensation for doing things ignoble.

Then this commander ascertained that the chief was maintaining relations of intimacy with the wife of another, and through the agency of her husband persuaded her on promise of immunity to cooperate with them.

The rule fell heaviest upon the sisters, for the elder brother had always enjoyed a certain immunity from such edicts.

And is there equal room for such supervision and publicity in a connection with banks, acting under the shield of corporate immunities and conducted by persons irresponsible to the Government and the people?

His immunity is so painful to him that I sometimes fancy him to be homesick for a lashing.

It contains the immunity out of which the malady has flamed.

It has been said that this power was accorded to me that I might be enabled to tempt wretches at their fearful hour of extremity with the promise of deliverance and immunity on condition of their exchanging situations with me.

This, however, does not explain altogether the comparative immunity of the nag animal from this defect.

The citizens of each state are "entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states."

"I am not hunting clemency or personal immunity just now," laughed Kent.

The malarial infection is not one of those a first attack of which confers immunity from other attacks.

He assumes nothing of the Gospels, except that they are records; neither their inspiration in any theological sense, nor their authorship, nor their immunity from mistake, nor the absolute purity of their texts.

The invalids should remove their outer dress wholly and get into bed, and thus secure not only immunity from possible colds, but a better circulation of the blood than they can have if this is not done.

The mistletoe, contemptible from its size and weakness, was alone neglected, and of it no oath of immunity was demanded.

Some of those who have suffered experiences such as mine are prone to brood upon them, and I cannot but attribute my happy immunity from unpleasant memories to the fact that I have viewed my own case much as a physician might view that of a patient.

That immunity, for your vibratory secrets that have revolutionized the defensive tactics of the League's air-forces?

On this ground one must infer that, in accordance with the same law of natural selection, the bacteria of acute infections have met by natural selection each advance in the struggle of the host for immunity.

Immunity from espionage was the immutable family rule.

It did not cringe nor huddle; could not seek immunity through the confessional.

The immunity which they enjoyed from war, allured many young men to enrol themselves in this order.

It is to be feared that they and other war chemical plants of the I.G. have received undeserved immunity.

The immunity I accord is not conceded to your sanctity, but extorted by your scent.

He can buy health and immunity from anxiety, and he can install his children in the same impregnable position.

This helped to soothe the conscience of the men and pave the way to immunity from punishment.

They walked the streets flaunting their immunity in the very face of the police.

Octavian Methodism was spared extravagances of this sort, it is true, but it paid a price for the immunity.

She at once took an interest in her new home, and saw with sorrowful surprise that wealth could not purchase immunity from participation in the ordinary human distresses, nor guarded gates forbid disease to pass in.

Besides their superiority in the matter of immunity from total breakdown, and in greatly diminished weight of machinery, they also offer the opportunity of reducing to some extent the cost of machinery.

Difficulties encountered by the American proposal for the immunity of private property at sea.

By going over to the enemy he could at once shake off associations which were now become intolerable to him, gain perpetual immunity from his liabilities, and secure for himself a life of distinction and luxury.

He enjoyed in those two desperate years the immunities of a recluse.

The original point in dispute was now merged in a more important controversy; for it was evident that under the name of the customs was meditated an attack not on one, but on most of the clerical immunities.

The soldiers enjoyed an immunity in the perpetration of even capital crimes, for the civil power could not touch them.

"You mean," said I, "that every human being is entitled to all the civil rights and immunities which others enjoy."

In vain the emperor strove, by offers of immunities and exemptions, to recall the cultivator to his deserted fields.

Conformity to environment is not such an adaptation as will confer upon an animal the greatest immunity from discomfort or danger, or will enable it to gain the greatest amount of food and place, and produce the largest number of offspring.

It does, in such constitutions, frequently happen (and nothing but the dismal, cold, dead uniformity of servitude can prevent its happening) that the subordinate parts have many local privileges and immunities.

In the most extensive epidemics certain individuals are spared; but here care must be exercised in interpreting the immunity, for there must be differences in the degree of exposure to the cause of the epidemic.

Now let me advise you to purchase the same immunity from the ravages of time by following my example?

The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states.

Such immunity from all the ills that domestic life is heir to, from intractable servants to sewer-gas!

"The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States."

As the sun was already near the horizon, they chose a dry, sandy place, to secure as much immunity as possible from nocturnal visits, and, after procuring a supply of water from a pool, proceeded to arrange their camp for the night.

Immunity had made the culprit callous, and in a few hours suspicion became certainty.

Industrial pursuits were left to the conquered, who were fortunate if by paying a fixed contribution and sending a military contingent when required, they could purchase undisturbed immunity for their remaining concerns.

To thus obtain complete immunity by sheer coolness is as much a matter of personal magnetism as anything else.

It was in the very moment of triumph, just as the stubborn Southern line reeled back from the fence in isolated clusters, that the miraculous immunity of Waldron terminated, and he received his death wound.

I further asked him whether, if we were ultimately rescued, he would give us a pass conferring further immunity from capture at sea by the enemy, as we felt we had had more than our share of captivity at sea.

Merton had engaged a withdrawing room, where he meant to be closeted with his guests, one by one, administer the oath, and prosecute delicate inquiries on the important question of immunity from infection.

It is astonishing what an amount of respect, and an immunity from harm, they enjoy.

When he recalled the savage hatred of that flat, pallid face he did not feel so sure of immunity.

The Barbary States took naturally to piracy, and Great Britain, by securing immunity for her vessels through the payment of tribute, also secured a virtual monopoly of the commerce of the Mediterranean.

On one side the providential blessing, up till the present, of complete immunity.

The efficiency of this immunity was given trials by different methods of inoculation.

She cannot abdicate her place in favor of another, nor can she win immunity from responsibility.

Hoary age, crowned with honor and with years, bears no immunity from suffering.

Whatsoever by bounties or immunities is encouraged out of a landed revenue has certainly some tendency to lessen the net amount of that revenue, and to forward a produce which does not yield to the gross collection, rather than one that does.

I hope these seedlings will keep up their immunity to blight.

Thus, you see, those newly freed men were in possession of every possible right, privilege and immunity of the government, except that of suffrage, and hence, needed no constitutional amendment for any other purpose.

"The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States."

The absence of blight is not necessarily an indication of immunity.

Of course blight immunity is not the only factor to be considered in selecting a variety of walnut.

Many things; but they must be done now, when immunity from actual conflict gives us a merciful leeway.

Parsonage life had been running smoothly for as much as ten days past, and Prudence, in view of that ten days' immunity, was beginning to feel that the twins, if not Connie also, were practically reared!

Immunity from taxes for districts ravaged by war.

Back in her mind lurked something that guaranteed immunity.

I do not speak of any personal prejudice against the mere act of running away, considered as an immediate means of escape from disagreeable circumstances, with the hope of ultimate immunity from all unpleasant consequences.

It is by no means impossible that the supposed immunity of Douglas fir from insect injury may be largely due to the almost universal destruction by fire of logging debris which would otherwise afford ideal breeding places.

While such immunity may be secured, and perhaps without sacrifice in stands so heavy as to have no reproduction or when the latter has already been destroyed, it is obviously at the expense of young growth if any exists.

Finally, the alleged immunity of pine from injury by ground fires is exaggerated.

Thus, though the act was rash, and hard to justify, the doctrine of personal immunity was in no way endangered.

Dane tried to tally his immunity shots and hoped for the best.

Immunity from mutilation compensates any ignominy which might else attend it.

It has hitherto enjoyed a happy immunity from all garden pests, not excepting slugs.

That was quickly arranged by giving up five francs, in return for which we were given tags of immunity.

The fact is that the very extravagance of their doctrines and practices seems to ensure their immunity.

Let not this immunity be made an excuse for credulous confidence, or induce others to emulate her rashness.

Kurt's boasted immunity to that tracker had not been as good as he had believed, though it had won them a start.

That it had been "hands off the Quirt" he did not know, but attributed the Quirt's immunity to careful habits and the fact that they had never come to the point where their interests actually clashed with the Sawtooth.

Every spot so touched confers immunity from pain upon the corresponding region of their own bodies for the ensuing year.

The United States had agreed all along that ships hailed for visit and search by a war vessel took a risk if they attempted to flee, but it contended not for the safety of "liners" alone, but for the immunity of all peaceful merchant vessels.

Tell me the name of the person she blackmailed, and I will promise you immunity from prosecution as her accomplice.

I assure you, sir, I am eager to seize my birthright, the pure and envied immunities of an English woman!

The blessings of immunity, safeguard, liberty, and integrity deserve the thanksgiving of a whole life.

These people have lived Mars-normal so long their natural immunity has been destroyed.

Or does it explain the immunity with which this frightful infliction was received, to call it a salutary pounding?

To secure this immunity, it is necessary to send men or groups of men in the direction of the probable advance of the enemy, anti to arrange these men or groups of men so that they can be of assistance to each other.

On the other hand, several long seasons might elapse during which comparative immunity would be enjoyed by the village.

Zimmerman is a specialist on chestnut blight, and particularly on inducing immunity.

The American chestnut, or its American hybrids, is by far the best, providing we can get one with immunity.

I gathered, after talking with him for a while, that he had been away from his home planet for over five years, was glad to be going back, and especially glad that he was going back under the protection of Solar League diplomatic immunity.

The long immunity from harm had given the lad a certain self-assurance.

They beautify private life in all the immunities and refinements thereof.

Ever since I have been in national life, my wife and I have held ourselves socially aloof, because those with whom we would naturally and even inevitably associate would be precisely those who would some day beset me for immunities and favors.

Inquiring what he meant by this, I learned that, in the opinion of the natives of some regions, the raising up of a fallen cross secures immunity from danger for him who has performed it for a season afterwards!