impunity

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impunity - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Impunity \Im*pu"ni*ty\, n. [L. impunitas, fr. impunis without
     punishment; pref. im- not + poena punishment: cf. F.
     impunit['e]. See Pain.]
     Exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss.
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           Heaven, though slow to wrath,
           Is never with impunity defied.           --Cowper.
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           The impunity and also the recompense.    --Holland.
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impunity - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  impunity
      n 1: exemption from punishment or loss

impunity - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  IMPUNITY. Not being punished for a crime or misdemeanor committed. The 
  impunity of crimes is one of the most prolific sources whence they arise. 
  lmpunitas continuum affectum tribuit delinquenti. 4 Co. 45, a; 5 Co. 109, a.