immune

Definition

Exempt; not subject to.

Etymology

From Middle English, from Middle French immun, from Latin immūnis (“exempt from public service”), from in- (“not”) + mūnus (“service”).

Example Sentences

• "As a diplomat, you are immune from prosecution."
• "He had always been remarkably immune from such little ailments, and had only once in his life been ill, of a vicious pneumonia long ago at school. He hadn't the faintest idea what to with a cold in the head, he just took quinine and continued to blow his nose."
• "Bret Stephens believed that, by virtue of his comfortable position at the New York Times, he ought to be immune from insult or criticism."