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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