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impunity

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im·pu·ni·ty  (m-pyn-t)
n. pl. im·pu·ni·ties
Exemption from punishment, penalty, or harm.
[Latin impnits, from impne, without punishment : in-, not; see in-1 + poena, penalty (from Greek poin; see kwei-1 in Indo-European roots).]
impunity [ɪmˈpjuːnɪtɪ]
n pl -ties
1. exemption or immunity from punishment or recrimination
2. exemption or immunity from unpleasant consequences a successful career marked by impunity from early mistakes
with impunity
a.  with no unpleasant consequences
b.  with no care or heed for such consequences
[from Latin impūnitās freedom from punishment, from impūnis unpunished, from im- (not) + poena punishment]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.impunity - exemption from punishment or loss
exemption, freedom - immunity from an obligation or duty
impunity
noun immunity, freedom, licence, permission, liberty, security, exemption, dispensation, nonliability These gangs operate with apparent impunity.
Translations
impunity [ɪmˈpjuːnɪtɪ] N → impunidad f
with impunity → con impunidad, impunemente
impunity [ɪmˈpjuːnɪti] n
with impunity → impunément
to act with impunity → agir impunément
impunity
n → Straflosigkeit f; with impunity → ungestraft
impunity [ɪmˈpjuːnɪtɪ] n with impunity → impunemente
impunity [ɪmˈpjuːnɪtɪ] n with impunity → impunemente


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Old friends cannot with impunity be sacrificed for new ones.
Fables by Aesop View in context
Having impulsively, it is probable, and perhaps somewhat prematurely revealed the prime but private purpose of the Pequod's voyage, Ahab was now entirely conscious that, in so doing, he had indirectly laid himself open to the unanswerable charge of usurpation; and with perfect impunity, both moral and legal, his crew if so disposed, and to that end competent, could refuse all further obedience to him, and even violently wrest from him the command.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
Hence, there is no legal protection in fact, whatever there may be in form, for the slave population; and any amount of cruelty may be inflicted on them with impunity.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave by Douglass, Frederick View in context
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