immunity
Freedom from prosecution
Immunity is the state or fact of being immune, that is, protected from harm, damage, or penalty.
Biological immunity is resistance to infection: The vaccine gave her immunity to chickenpox.
Legal or diplomatic immunity is exemption from a law, duty, or prosecution: The ambassador’s car couldn’t be ticketed because he has diplomatic immunity.
In a competitive environment, immunity exempts a team or player from a rule that would otherwise apply.
Tactful and sensitive
- sovereignSupreme in power
- prosecutorialOf those who charge crimes
- congressionalOf a legislature
- parliamentaryOf a legislature
qualified · absolute · amnesty · waiver · impunity · privilege · indemnity · protection
Injection conferring disease resistance
- boosterSomething that increases strength
- vaccineDisease prevention injection
- jabQuick, straight blow
- shotsSmall poured drinks
adjuvant · serum · prophylaxis · inactivated · mRNA · dose · conjugate · toxoid
Proteins targeting pathogens
- lymphocytesAdaptive immunity cells
- T-cellsThymus-matured immune lymphocytes
- B-cellsAntibody-secreting immune cells
- macrophagesLarge pathogen-engulfing immune cells
pathogens · antigens · cytokines · interferon · inflammation · innate · adaptive · immunoglobulins
Pathogen invasion causing illness
- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
- malariaMosquito-borne parasitic infection
- dengueMosquito-borne viral disease
measles · polio · smallpox · tuberculosis · hepatitis · outbreak · transmission · epidemiology
Capacity to recover quickly
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- insulationThermal transfer prevention
- protectionGuarding against harm
- shieldHandheld defensive armor
armor · buffer · fortitude · invulnerability · imperviousness · hardened · desensitized · unaffected
Severe mental illness
- infancyEarliest period of life
- intoxicationSubstance-induced mental impairment
- duressCoercion through threats
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
necessity · self-defense · entrapment · consent · automatism · provocation · justification · alibi
diplomatic
Tactful and sensitive
- sovereignSupreme in power
- prosecutorialOf those who charge crimes
- congressionalOf a legislature
parliamentary · qualified · absolute · amnesty · waiver · impunity · privilege · indemnity · protection · shield
inoculation
Injection conferring disease resistance
shots · adjuvant · serum · prophylaxis · inactivated · mRNA · dose · conjugate · toxoid · subunit
antibodies
Proteins targeting pathogens
- lymphocytesAdaptive immunity cells
- T-cellsThymus-matured immune lymphocytes
- B-cellsAntibody-secreting immune cells
macrophages · pathogens · antigens · cytokines · interferon · inflammation · innate · adaptive · immunoglobulins · phagocytes
infection
Pathogen invasion causing illness
- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
- malariaMosquito-borne parasitic infection
dengue · measles · polio · smallpox · tuberculosis · hepatitis · outbreak · transmission · epidemiology · pathogen
resilience
Capacity to recover quickly
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- insulationThermal transfer prevention
- protectionGuarding against harm
shield · armor · buffer · fortitude · invulnerability · imperviousness · hardened · desensitized · unaffected · bulletproof
insanity
Severe mental illness
- infancyEarliest period of life
- intoxicationSubstance-induced mental impairment
- duressCoercion through threats
coercion · necessity · self-defense · entrapment · consent · automatism · provocation · justification · alibi · culpability
- vaccinationvaccine, vaccines, shot, shots, inoculation
- reality TVSurvivor, contestant, The Bachelor, elimination, The Bachelorette
- invincibilityshield, armor, bulletproof, immortality, divine protection
- immunityantibodies, T cells, lymphocytes, white blood cells, vaccine
- Body Processesmetabolism, digestion, respiration, circulation, heartbeat
- congressional hearingscommittee, confirmation hearings, subcommittee, legislative hearings, witnesses
immunitysusceptibility
Liability to influence
vulnerability · defenselessness · exposure · immunodeficiency · weakness
immunityliability
Legal or financial obligation
accountability · responsibility · culpability · obligation · answerability
- herd immunityWidespread resistance protecting all
- diplomatic immunityEnvoy's exemption from prosecution
- adult immunizationVaccines given after childhood
- natural immunityAcquired resistance through exposure
- legal immunityProtection from prosecution
- childhood immunizationVaccines given to children
immunize, immunization, immunized, immunizing, immunizes, immunizations, autoimmunity, immunities, immunised