noun
1 protection against disease
ADJECTIVE
▪ strong
▪ acquired , natural
▪ impaired
▪ lifelong
▪
Infection usually confers lifelong ~ to the disease.
▪ herd
▪
Polio has been eradicated due to vaccination and herd ~.
VERB + IMMUNITY
▪ have
▪
The island's inhabitants had no ~ to the diseases carried by the explorers and quickly succumbed.
▪ lack
▪ acquire , build up , develop
▪
Once you have had a cold you build up ~ to that particular virus.
▪ confer
▪
The vaccine only confers ~ for a few months.
▪ stimulate
▪
the use of vaccines to stimulate ~
▪ boost
▪ impair , lower
▪
High levels of stress may lower your ~ to common illnesses.
IMMUNITY + VERB
▪ develop
▪
A strong ~ to reinfection develops after one year.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ against , ~ to
▪
The newcomers lacked ~ against local strains of the disease.
2 protection from danger/punishment
ADJECTIVE
▪ complete , total
▪ diplomatic , legal , parliamentary
▪
Several ministers were stripped of parliamentary ~ as a prelude to facing corruption charges.
VERB + IMMUNITY
▪ enjoy
▪ claim , seek
▪ confer , give sb , grant (sb) , guarantee (sb) , provide
▪ abolish , lift , strip sb of
▪
The Supreme Court lifted the company's ~ from criminal prosecution.
▪ waive
▪
He has agreed to waive his diplomatic ~ and face prosecution.
▪ lose
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ from
▪
Unions were granted ~ from prosecution for non-violent acts.