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impunity Definition


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impunity
noun
    1. Freedom or exemption from punishment, injury, loss or other bad consequences.
      Thesaurus: exemption, immunity, amnesty, freedom, licence, dispensation, liberty, permission, security; Antonym: liability.
Idiom: with impunity
    Without having to suffer the normal consequences.
      Example: thinks he can break the rules with impunity
Etymology: 16c: from Latin impunitas, from impunis unpunished.

Info:
    A word often confused with this one is immunity.


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