immunities: significato e definizioni

The quality or condition of being immune:"His above-average size during adolescence did not purchase immunity from the depredations of school bullies"(Stephen S. Hall).

Immunology Inherited, acquired, or induced resistance to infection by a specific pathogen.

Law Exemption from certain generally applicable requirements of law or from certain liabilities, granted to special groups of people to facilitate the performance of their public functions: diplomatic immunity; judicial immunity. Exemption from prosecution granted to a witness to compel him or her to give potentially self-incriminating testimony that otherwise could not be compelled because of the constitutional right against self-incrimination. Exemption from being sued: sovereign immunity; charitable immunity.

A condition conferred upon a contestant that prevents him or her from being eliminated from a competition for a certain time period: The winner of the challenge was given immunity for the following challenge.