impunity

Impunity is defined as freedom from punishment or harm.

(noun)

When you steal something and you do not go to jail or face any consequences, this is an example of when you steal with impunity.

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See impunity in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

freedom or exemption from punishment, penalty, or harm

Origin: Fr impunité < L impunitas < impunis, free from punishment < in-, without + poena, punishment: see pain

See impunity in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. im·pu·ni·ties
Exemption from punishment, penalty, or harm.

Origin:

Origin: Latin impūnitās

Origin: , from impūne, without punishment

Origin: : in-, not; see in-1

Origin: + poena, penalty (from Greek poinē; see kwei-1 in Indo-European roots)

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