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impunity

noun
/ɪmˈpjuːnɪti/

Etymology

From Middle French impunité, from Latin impunitas, from impunis (“without punishment”).

  1. derived from impunitas
  2. derived from impunité

Definitions

  1. Exemption from punishment.

  2. Freedom from punishment or retribution

    Freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.

    • Maternus, a private ſoldier, of a daring boldneſs above his ſtation,[…] plundered with impunity the rich and defenceleſs cities of Gaul and Spain.
    • I must not only punish but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser.
    • The remoteness of the prison made the authorities feel they could ignore us with impunity.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA