OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 20968

impunity

/ɪmˈpjuːnɪti/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
impunidad
Exemption from punishment.
impunidad
Freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
I must not only punish but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser.
The remoteness of the prison made the authorities feel they could ignore us with impunity.
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