impunity

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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.

2. 2
   noun

   exemption from punishment or loss

3. 3
   noun

   Exemption from punishment.

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

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