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impunity Definition

im·pu·nity (im pyo̵̅o̅ni 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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