impunity
noun
- impossibility, de jure or de facto, of punishing perpetrators of violations
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpjuːnɪti/
noun
Etymology: From Middle French impunité, from Latin impunitas, from impunis (“without punishment”).
- Exemption from punishment.
- 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.”