Hypertext Webster Gateway: "impunity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
impunity
n : exemption from punishment or loss
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