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impunity

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noun/ɪmˈpjuːnɪti/
  1. 1

    Exemption from punishment.countable

  2. 2

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

    • 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.

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