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impunity

noun

  1. impossibility, de jure or de facto, of punishing perpetrators of violations
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpjuːnɪti/

noun

Etymology: From Middle French impunité, from Latin impunitas, from impunis (“without punishment”).

  1. Exemption from punishment.
  2. Freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.

    Maternus, a private ſoldier, of a daring boldneſs above his ſtation,[…] plundered with impunity the rich and defenceleſs cities of Gaul and Spain.

    I must not only punish but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser.