Immunity synonyms and antonyms
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(Insurance) Coverage.
immune (related)
The definition of a release is a letting go, setting free or relief.
The deduction of a certain amount in the computation of net income with regard to taxation, allowed for an individual, that individual's dependents, and certain characteristics, such as blindness or age.
vulnerability (antonym)
(Countable) a specific weakness in the protections or defences surrounding someone or something.
responsibility (antonym)
(Military) The obligation for the proper custody, care, and safekeeping of property or funds entrusted to the possession or supervision of an individual. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms).
acquired immunity (related)
Immunity obtained either from the development of antibodies in response to exposure to an antigen, as from vaccination or an attack of an infectious disease, or from the transmission of antibodies, as from mother to fetus through the placenta or the injection of antiserum.
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(Uncountable) The state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.
The condition of not being constrained or restricted in a specific aspect of life by a government or other power:
active immunity
Immunity (to a disease) due to the production of antibodies by the body
The capacity to withstand
A basic civil right, guaranteed by a government
susceptibility (antonym)
(Physics) electric susceptibility, a measure of how easily a dielectric polarizes in response to an external electric field (compare permittivity).
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natural-immunity (related)
passive-immunity (related)
immuno (related)
vaccination (related)
A scar on the skin where a vaccine, esp. for smallpox, has been applied
defenselessness (antonym)
The characteristic of being defenseless; vulnerability.
The state of being impervious
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(Biology) Ability (of an organism, tissue, or cell) to withstand a destructive agent or condition such as a chemical compound, a disease agent, or an environmental stressor:
resist (related)
A protective coating or covering.
serotherapy
(Medicine) The therapeutic use of sera or vaccines
granting immunity
an act exempting someone
The branch of science dealing with
The process of immunosuppression
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Lack of due restraint; excessive freedom:
A vaccination that induces immunity. A recommended schedule of immunizations for infants and young children includes vaccines against diphtheria, polio, tetanus, measles, mumps, and rubella.
Find another word for immunity. In this page you can discover 30 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for immunity, like: protection, immune, release, exemption, vulnerability, responsibility, acquired immunity, exoneration, freedom, active immunity and unsusceptibility.
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