单词 | unpunishment |
释义 | unpunishmentn. Now rare. Exemption from punishment; impunity.In quot. 2012 with allusion to the title of Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [noun] freedomeOE freeshiplOE exemptionc1380 immunityc1384 unpunishmentc1450 impunity1532 faculty1533 licence1551 vacuitya1620 c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Linc. Cathedral 103) 245 For þei supposen þat [suche] sufferaunce, Or vnponyschement of cursedhede [L. impunitatem scelerum], Schulde euery man to wilfulnesse avaunce. ?1549 G. Joye Contrarye sig. Bviiiv Then might he haue so iustelye stretched forthe his penne to haue payned the defence of Adulterers and made so many arguments for their vnpunishment in so counselling the Magistrates. a1555 J. Philpot tr. C. S. Curione Def. Authority Christ's Church in R. Eden Exam. & Writings J. Philpot (1842) (modernized text) 335 Yet eftsoons they be so hauwtiff with power, riches and unpunishment. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Ongestraftheydt, vnpunishment, or Impunity. 1683 L. Milbourne Originals of Rebellion 23 Embroil the State and Church disorders shall escape unpunishment. 2012 F. Roasario-Braid et al. (title) Crimes and unpunishment: the killing of Filipino journalists. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1450 |
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