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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. Heaven, though slow to wrath, Is never with impunity defied. --Cowper. The impunity and also the recompense. --Holland.
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impunity
1532, from L. impunitatem (nom. impunitas) "freedom from punishment, omission of punishment," from impunis "unpunished, without punishment," from in- "not" + poena "punishment."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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