impunity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun exemption from punishment or loss

WordNet

Im*pu"ni*ty noun
Etymology
L. impunitas, fr. impunis without punishment; pref. im- not + poena punishment: cf. F. impunité. See Pain.
Definitions
  1. Exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss.
    Heaven, though slow to wrath, Is ne with impunity defied. Cowper.
    The impunity and also the recompense. Holland.

Webster 1913