Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable)Exemption from punishment.

    Straflosigkeit, Straffreiheit

    освобожде́ние от наказа́нияosvoboždénije ot nakazánija, ненаказу́емостьnenakazújemostʹ

    звільнення від покаранняzvilʹnennja vid pokarannja

    exemption from punishment or loss

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

    Straflosigkeit

    безнака́занностьbeznakázannostʹ

    безка́рністьbezkárnistʹ

Examples

8 sentences
  1. No one attacks me with impunity.

    Ніхто не може на мене напасти безкарно.

    deNiemand greift mich ungestraft an.

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  2. War criminals should not benefit from amnesty or impunity.

    deKriegsverbrecher sollten nicht in den Genuss von Amnestie oder Straffreiheit kommen.

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  3. The occupying forces commit all sorts of crimes with absolute impunity.

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  4. The occupying forces commit all sorts of war crimes with absolute impunity.

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  5. We reject impunity for those responsible for war crimes and inhuman acts.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
exemption from punishment:
freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.:
Русский
By meaning 2
exemption from punishment:
freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
exemption from punishment:

Origin

From Middle French impunité, from Latin impunitas, from impunis (“without punishment”).

From Middle French impunité, from Latin impunitas, from impunis (“without punishment”).

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Forms

plural: impunities
Singularimpunity
Pluralimpunities

regular

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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