impunity
UK /ɪmˈpjuːnɪti/ US /ɪmˈpjuːnɪti/
noun 2
Definitions
noun
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.
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