What is immunity?

Answer by  dhuoda (1431)

It means that something can't be affected by or harmed by something else, for example a politician can have immunity from prosecution or a child can have immunity from certain diseases.

Answer by  Tini (221)

Immunity is what makes a person resistant to certain diseases and infections they come into contact with. This can be gained both through vaccinations or by acquiring the disease itself.

Answer by  noguf (162)

It is a status which makes you exempt from something and there for not touchable. You hear about it in terms of political immunity where a person cannot be prosecuted under the law because they have diplomatic immunity and thus cannot get in trouble for a crime.

Answer by  Aya (797)

Immunity is protection from of defense against something; it can refer to a disease or even to a legal situation.