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. — deniko

    deNiemand greift mich ungestraft an. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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

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

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

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

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

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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