IMPUNITY

impunity

(noun) exemption from punishment or loss

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

impunity (countable and uncountable, plural impunities)

(countable, legal) Exemption from punishment.

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

Source: Wiktionary


Im*pu"ni*ty, n. Etym: [L. impunitas, fr. impunis without punishment; pref. im- not + poena punishment: cf. F. impunité. See Pain.]

Definition: Exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss. Heaven, though slow to wrath, Is neimpunity defied. Cowper. The impunity and also the recompense. Holland.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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