impunity
Exemption from punishmentExemption from punishment.
» No one attacks me with impunity.
Niemand greift mich ungestraft an.
Ніхто не може на мене напасти безкарно.
Meaning
2 senses(countable)Exemption from punishment.
Straflosigkeit, Straffreiheit
освобожде́ние от наказа́нияosvoboždénije ot nakazánija, ненаказу́емостьnenakazújemostʹ
звільнення від покаранняzvilʹnennja vid pokarannja
exemption from punishment or loss
(uncountable)Freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
Straflosigkeit
безнака́занностьbeznakázannostʹ
безка́рністьbezkárnistʹ
Examples
8 sentencesNo one attacks me with impunity.
Ніхто не може на мене напасти безкарно.
deNiemand greift mich ungestraft an.
War criminals should not benefit from amnesty or impunity.
deKriegsverbrecher sollten nicht in den Genuss von Amnestie oder Straffreiheit kommen.
The occupying forces commit all sorts of crimes with absolute impunity.
The occupying forces commit all sorts of war crimes with absolute impunity.
We reject impunity for those responsible for war crimes and inhuman acts.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
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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| Singular | impunity |
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Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable