impunity
Meanings
noun
- Exemption from punishment.
- Freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Middle French impunité, from Latin impunitas, from impunis (“without punishment”).
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