impunity

exemption from punishment or harm: He carried out his evil act with impunity.
Not to be confused with:immunity – being unaffected by something; a resistance to disease: The vaccine gave the children immunity to polio.; a legally established condition: The court granted the witness immunity from prosecution.

im·pu·ni·ty

I0069700 (ĭm-pyo͞o′nĭ-tē)n. pl. im·pu·ni·ties Exemption from punishment, penalty, or harm.

[Latin impūnitās, from impūne, without punishment : in-, not; see in-¹ + poena, penalty (from Greek poinē; see k^wei- in Indo-European roots).]

impunity

(ɪmˈpjuːnɪtɪ) n, pl -ties1. exemption or immunity from punishment or recrimination2. exemption or immunity from unpleasant consequences: a successful career marked by impunity from early mistakes. 3. with impunity a. with no unpleasant consequencesb. with no care or heed for such consequences[C16: from Latin impūnitās freedom from punishment, from impūnis unpunished, from im- (not) + poena punishment]

im•pu•ni•ty

(ɪmˈpyu nɪ ti)

n. 1. exemption from punishment. 2. immunity from detrimental effects. [1525–35; < Latin impūnitās=impūn(e) with impunity (im- im-² + -pūn-, comb. form of poena penalty (see penal) + -e adv. suffix) + -itās -ity)] syn: See exemption.

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impunity - exemption from punishment or lossexemption, freedom - immunity from an obligation or duty

impunity

noun immunity, freedom, licence, permission, liberty, security, exemption, dispensation, nonliability These gangs operate with apparent impunity.

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noun immunity

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