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impunity - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun Exemption from punishment, penalty, or harm.
from The Century Dictionary.
noun Exemption from punishment or penalty.
noun Freedom or exemption from injury, suffering, or discomfort.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun Exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun countable, law Exemption from punishment .
noun uncountable Freedom from punishment or retribution ; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun exemption from punishment or loss
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin impūnitās , from impūne , without punishment : in- , not; see in– + poena , penalty (from Greek poinē ; see kw ei- in Indo-European roots).]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From Latin impunitas , from impunis without punishment.
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sonofgroucho commented on the word impunity
Nemo me impune lacessit.
April 18, 2007
cr2thfairy commented on the word impunity
None shall injure me with impunity.
The motto for Scotland, noted with the thistle, the national symbol.
June 10, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word impunity
imp + unity.
February 13, 2010