impunity Definition
im·pu·nity (im pyo̵̅o̅′ni tē)
noun
freedom or exemption from punishment, penalty, or harm
Etymology: Fr impunité < L impunitas < impunis, free from punishment < in-, without + poena, punishment: see pain
impunity Synonyms
impunity
n.
impunity Usage Examples
Preposition: from
- prosecution: BP, he said openly funded state paramilitaries that are violating human rights with impunity from prosecution.
- law: Hunts have always had virtual impunity from the law anyway.
Converse of object
- enjoy: The security forces continued to enjoy virtual impunity for past human rights violation.
- end: Ending impunity is what we can do that no one else can.
- have: Hunts have always had virtual impunity from the law anyway.
- combat: A panel of media experts will discuss ways to combat impunity.
- allow: We cannot not stand by and allow such impunity to go unchallenged.
- grant: The vast majority of these crimes remain unpunished due to the impunity granted to the perpetrators.
Preposition: for
- violation: The security forces continued to enjoy virtual impunity for past human rights violation.
- crime: That was important in establishing that there can be no impunity for crimes against humanity by former heads of state.
- libertinism: John Locke wanted to steer a middle course between " a spirit of persecution " and " impunity for libertinism and licentiousness.
Adjective modifier
- apparent: Two weeks later, with apparent impunity, security forces shot dead a young Brazilian electrician on his way to work.
- relative: Today the Internet is a lawless society; hackers can break into computers with relative impunity.
- virtual: Hunts have always had virtual impunity from the law anyway.
- total: Mr Bosch is currently in Miami with total impunity.
- complete: Pli says " a physician can commit murder with complete impunity " .
- such: Another example of such impunity was the Armenian genocide of 1915 that was orchestrated by the Ottoman Empire.
Noun used with modifier
police: Governance & Police impunity in Andhra Pradesh: World Bank urged not to make loan.
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